Clarion 1952-10-10 Vol 30 No 03

For we are His work-manship,
created in
Christ Jesus unto
good works, . . . .
. . . which God hath
before ordained that
we should walk in
them. Eph. 2:10
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Gunnar Hoglund Maurice Wessman
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HOMECOMING ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE
FRIDAY—
All Day—Registration
5:00 p.m.—Judging of dorm decoration by Alumni
7:30 p.m.—Opening session. An entertainment program of "humorous
fun." Cal Edlund, Emcee. Skits and Laughter. Featuring—
Pete Unruh's homemade band. Introduction of Host and
Hostess.
8:30 p.m.—Football game Pep Rally—practice field, headed by Wally
Olson.
9:00 p.m.—Alumni-Varsity basketball game in field house
10:30 a.m.—Coffee fellowship for everyone in dining hall
SATURDAY-Morning—
Registration
Morning—Last minute touches on floats
11:00 a.m.—Floats must be completed and assembled in parade line
12:30 p.m.—Judging of floats in parade line
1:00 p.m.—Parade leaves for Highland field
2:00 p.m.—Game time, Bethel vs. Northland, Highland field
5:00 to 7:00 p.m.—Open house in dormitories
5:00 to 7:00 p.m.—Turkey dinner served in dining hall
8:00 p.m.—Service climaxing Homecoming in Field house. The Rev.
Maurice Wessman, speaker. Theme: "Christ Our Life."
Committee Schedules Mock
Political Rally October 30
A mock political rally will be staged by Bethel students on Thurs-day,
October 30, in the college chapel. In a type of meeting that has
no parallel in actual political life, "members" of several major politi-cal
parties will assemble to hear campaign speeches of the presidential
"candidates."
Vol. XXX—No. 3
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
Friday, October 10, 1952
Wessman Climaxes Homecoming Activities
Thomas A. Flinn, executive sec-retary
for the Freeman for Gover-nor,
volunteer committee, told the
CLARION that "Mr. Freeman will
talk about political campaigns and
their role in democratic govern
ment. He plans to make some sug-gestions
for remedying what he
feels are serious failures in this
important part of the democratic
process."
Mr. Freeman's program is "Build
Minnesota's Future." In the state
primary last September 9, the 34
year old candidate received the
largest vote ever given to a guber-natorial
candidate in the DFL pri-mary
column.
Of Norwegian and Swedish des-cent,
Mr. Freeman won his B.A.
degree magna cum laude, and was
elected to the Phi Betta Kappa fra-ternal
organization. In graduate
school he won his L.L.B. degree
from the University of Minnesota
law school.
Sem to Publish
First Journal
The Bethel Seminary -Quarterly
will be published for the first
time in November, 1952. This jour-nal
is published primarily to serve
the pastors of our Baptist General
Conference. It will also extend the
influence of the seminary and
strengthen ties between the pas-tors
and the seminary.
The editorial staff, led by Dean
Edwin Omark, editor-in-chief, in-cludes
Dr. Anton T. Pearson, as-sociate
editor, and Dr. Virgil A.
Olson, managing editor. A fine
staff of contributing editors, in-cluding
our 'school president, Dr.
Wingblade, and all seminary pro-fessors,
will furnish material of an
informative, practical, and devo-tional
nature. The quarterly will
not be used for news or promotion-al
purposes. It is designed rather
to be of non-technical, practical as-sistance
to the pastors and leaders
in our Conference churches.
All seminary students will re-ceive
a copy without charge, this
being included in the inclusive fee.
Each pastor in the Conference will
receive the first copy and be given
an opportunity to subscribe to this
fine periodical.
Announce Greene as
Deeper Life Speaker
The Rev. Edwin R. Greene, wide-ly
known and appreciated youth
leader, has been obtained as speak-er
for- Deeper Life Week, Novem-ber
34. He is now serving the
Elim Baptist Church in Seattle,
Washington.
According to The Rev. Mr.
Greene the theme for the week's
chapel and vesper services will be
selected from the topic, "Light."
During the week he will be avail-able
for personal student counsel.
ling.
School Enrolls 515 For
First Quarter Clas s es
With an increase of 27 students
over last year, the enrollment of
Bethel College and Seminary now
totas 515. Of this 515, 365 are men-,
while only 150 women. There are
368 students now attending the
college and 158 attending seminary,
including 11 duplications. Edna
Schultz, secretary to Dean C.
Emanuel Carlson, explains that the
duplications are those students who
are enrolled both in the College
and the Seminary.
Although the official report
won't be made until the end of the
quarter the individual class enroll-ments
are as follows:
The freshman class now claims
158 of the Bethel students, while
there were only 140 last year.
The sophomores have declined
somewhat with only 104 this year
compared with 125 last year.
The juniors number 47, eight
more than last year and the seniors
have gained 10 more students this
year, placing their enrollment at
44.
In addition there are 15 special
students.
Students from 19 states are now
atending Bethel, and nine foreign
countries are represented. Minne-sota,
of course, heads the list with
242 students, 69 from Minneapolis
and 63 from Saint Paul. Next is
Iowa claiming 41 Bethelites, and
Illinois is right behind with 40
students.
There are 32 students from Wis-consin,
28 from Michigan, 20 from
California, 18 from Washington, 12
from North Dakota, 11 from Neb-raska,
10 from South Dakota, 7
from Massachusetts, Ohio, and New
Jersey, 6 from Connecticut and New
York, 3 from Pennsylvania, and 2
from Colorado. Arizona and Utah
complete the list in •each
sending 1 student to Bethel.
Of the foreign students there is
one from Alaska, China, Cuba,
Hawaii, Sweden, and South Africa.
Two come from Germany, and two
from the Netherlands, while there
are ten whose home is in Canada.
Rucinski Heads
Freshman Class
. Last Monday the Freshman i Class
elected Mike Rucinski of Iron
River, Michigan as president. Other
officers elected were Marvin Chris-tensen
of Muskegan, Michigan, vice-president;
Bonnie Carlson of Om-aha,
Nebraska, secretary; and Jean
Seldon of Truman, Michigan, treas-urer.
Mr. Roy C. Dalton, Instructor
in history was chosen as class ad-viser.
Four years ago, a similar rally
was conducted on the campus,
arousing considerable interest and
enthusiasm. There were vociferous
demonstrations, rigorous cheering,
and some keen debate. The pro-gram
was so successful that the
Student Council Political Commit-tee
is promoting a similar one in
this election year.
Promotional committees are be-ing
set up to secure "party sup-porters,"
to organize demonstra-tions,
and to select students to rep-resent
the candidates. The Repub-lican
promotional committee is
headed by Calvin Edlund, and the
Democratic Chairman is Russell
Baustian. A committee for the
Socialist Party is also being set up.
(Activity in this mock rally is no
indication of political conviction on
the part of the leaders).
The program on Thursday will
be followed up by a straw vote
taken during school hours on Fri-day,
October 31. Candidates for
major national and state offices
will appear on the ballot.
Debaters Host Tourney
ArgueEmployment Issue
The Bethel Debating Society will
be host to a city-wide debate tour-nament
here November 13. Bethel
debating teams, under the direc-tion
of Paul E. Grabill, coach, will
take an active part in the contest.
Mr. Grabill said invitation have
been sent to Twin City schools, and
to St. Olaf and to Carleton colleges
at Northfield. It is expected that
each school that accepts will send
12 o 16 speakers.
Plans are also being made to
send a women's debate team to St.
Olaf college November 14 and 15.
The question for discussion on
both these occasions is the one
chosen nationally for debate, which
is, Resolved: That the Congress
of the United States should insti-ute
a compulsory Fair Employment
Practice Law.
Hoglund Presides
AtVesper Service
As main speaker for the Home-coming
activities the Rev. Maurice
A. Wessman, pastor of Central
Baptist church, Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, speaks on the general sub-ject
"Christ Our Life" tomorrow
night in the field house. The Rev.
Wessman is an alumnus having
graduated from Bethel Seminary
in 1939 with a Th.B. degree.
Tomorrow night's service, start-ing
at 8:00 p.m., climaxes home-coming
activities. Gunnar -Hoglund,
president of the Bethel Alumni as-sociation
and member of the sem-inary
class of '44, will preside at
this closing service. Singing on
the program will be , both the
Bethel Male chorus and the Chapel
choir.
Taking general charge of Home-coming
activities has been Rodney
Erickson, college senior and chair-man
of the Social committee of the
Student council. Assisting him has
been Carol Turnwall, sophomore,
Shirley Anderson, sophomore, and
Roger Bergeson, senior.
Heading up the hard working
committee that has provided the
lawn decorations has been Johnny
Palmquist, seminary middleman.
Taking charge of the decorations
in the Field house has been Bar-bara
Port, college junior.
Carolyn Dahlquist, sophomore,
has been in charge of the sale of
Homecoming pins and Eleanor
Schwartz and Lois Johnson, both
sophomores, have made the Home-coming
pom-poms. Eddie Meyer
has arranged for the Homecoming
parade.
p.,,,adie &diet.
According to Rodney Erick-son,
general chairman of Home-coming
events, all organizations
entering floats in tomorrow's
Homecoming parade should
start assembling a parade line
by 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. All
floats should be parked facing
west on the north side of Ar-lington
Ave. Judging of floats •
by a faculty committee will take
place at 12:30 p.m. Under police
escort the parade leaves for
Highland field promptly at 1:00
p.m. The winning float will be
announced at half-time at the
game.
Bethel Music Depart.
Establishes New Major
Bethel College will complete the
estabishment of a new major study
when it graduates it first Music
Major—Mrs. Robert Frykenberg
(nee Addington). Studies for the
degree include the fourth year his-tory
of music, the fourth year
theory of music, and a senior reci-tal.
An expansion of class enrollment
is expected in the future according
to Prof. Mildred Bisgrove of the
Music Department, and she added
that the freshman music students
this year are very promising, being
well grounded in music.
Gubernatorial Candidate
Speaks Here Monday Noon
Orville L. Freeman, Democratic-Farmer Labor candidate for gover-nor,
will address the student body and faculty on Monday, October 13,
at 12:00 noon in the college chapel. The political actions committee,
recently organized by the student council, secured Mr. Freeman as
part of their program to stimulate interest in political affairs.
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Salute to Bethel
"Bethel! What a host of memories that
word recalls to 2000 alumni around the
world!
Bethel is the school where we were train-ed
to bring the message of Christ to untold
multitudes, both home and abroad. To this
school we trace many of our major life
decisions.
That's why we alumni are glad to be
back for Homecoming! That's why, in a
spirit of sincere gratitude, we pledge to
Bethel our continued loyalty."
Gunnar Hoglund
President, Alumni Association
Welcome Alumni
by Nancy Schnorr
And then a hush will fall,
The foot-steps of us all,
Will echo clown the hall and disappear—
But Hark! I seem to hear these foot-steps.
Are they disappearing? No—NO-they
seem to be coming nearer. They are
coming nearer. But how can it be? These
footsteps have disappeared two-three-four-five-
ten years ago. And now you say they
are coming back—yes, they are. Just where
are they coming from? From Universities,
from teachers colleges, from hospitals, from
business offices, and from churches, from
north, south, east, and west. Yes, there are
the foot-steps of our alumni.
Some of them seem strange and unfamil-iar
to us and yet we seem to know them.
Why do they seem familiar? Because they
have once been a part of the Bethel family
which we love so well. To these who have
gone before to make Bethel what it is to-day,
we give a very hearty welcome.
We hope that you will find the same
paths, the same halls, the same student-teacher
relationship, the same friendliness,
the same good times, the same serious
times, and most of all, the same love and
devotion for God that was here when you
were here. Then, too, we hope that you will
be able to share with us the progress that
Bethel has been making through the years
—new buildings, new courses, new profes-sors,
new students. Yes, you are not only
welcome back to the old familiar things, but
to the new things as well' A very hearty
welcome to you alumni. May you share with
us the joy and excitement of this our Home-coming
week.
Meet the Council
The Bethel Student Council has met
every Tuesday evening since the beginning
of school doing a very efficient job of
planning and co-ordinating school activities.
Following is a list of council members
and the respective organizations they rep-resent.
Wes Forsline—President
Rodney Erickson—Vice Pres.
DeLores Olson—Secretary
Frank Doten—Treasurer
Herb Hage—Rep. for Religious Council
Shirley Christenson—Rep. for Religious
Council
Mr. Elving Anderson—Adviser
Phil Carlson—Pres. College Senior Class,
Gene Messenger—Pres. College Junior Class
Elenor Swartz—Rep. College Sophomore
Class
Mike Rucinski—Pres. College Freshmen
Class
Rudy Forsman—Pres. Seminary Senior
Class
Paul Thompson—Pres. Seminary Midleman
Class
Paul Dubuque—Rep. Seminary Junior Class
Joyce Martinson—Rep. for Girls' Dorm
Frank Shindo—Rep. for Mens' Dorm
Taking part -in St. Cloud Teachers College
homecoming activities last week end were
former Bethel students Ruth Chisholm,
Gloria Berhow, and Carol Cooke. Ruth and
Carol, now juniors, are studying for a
Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary
Education. Gloria is taking the Provisional
Elementary twoyear course.
The girls have set up housekeeping with
three other students in a home not far
from school, and are now in training for
the teaching and home-making professions.
During homecoming they witnessed Dwight
D. Eisenhower crown the homecoming
queen, Joyce Pearson, the colorful home-coming
parade, and the heart-breaking game
which St. Cloud lost to Moorehead State
Teachers College by one point.
Asked about the things which impressed
them most about St. Cloud, they all re-plied,
"The beautiful school library, and the
odd house we live in".
All agree that there are tremendous op-portunities
for Christian witness and are
very grateful for their training at Bethel
which laid a strong foundation for their
Christian lives.
There is litle antagonism on campus to-ward
"religion". The students are friendly
and "are seeking fun, happiness, and secur-ity."
The Inter-Varsity Christian Fellow-ship
group on campus is trying to reach the
students for Christ through dorm prayer
meetings, and I. V. parties and meetings.
Carol, Gloria, and Ruth enjoy life at T. C.
and realize that their experiences in meet-ing
such a cross-section of all types of stu-dents
will better prepare them for teach-ing.
Other former Bethel students that are at-tending
St. Cloud Teachers college this year
are Audrey Eckdahl, Joyce Houstin, Phoebe
Anderson, Helen Hazel, Ruth Quigle, Don
Peterson, and Gene Ristow.
We extend a cordial welcome to all for-mer
students who are back on the campus
these days. Some recall old Academy days,
others the Junior College, and, of course,
many the Seminary days.
An old friend in California, who is more
than eighty years of age, wrote me that
his time was taken up with rich memories
of the long past and then with preparation
for the "life to come," which he said was
the "real life."
Students back on the campus will recall
many incidents in connection with the class
room, athletic field, and social and religious
life--some of them surcharged with sweet
humor, others more serious. These were all
a kind of preparation for the life you are
now living in fields of service.
Bethel is much different now from what
it was ten or twenty years ago as to ex-ternal
appearances and also as to progress,
but the same spirit remains. We want you
to feel that spirit anew as you are on
the campus; and as you go back to your
field of labor, we know that you will con-tinue
to remember the school in prayer
that Bethel might continue to be Bethel—
and increasingly so.
And so we know that you will have a
"good time" and that you will raise the
thermometer of Christian fellowship still
higher because you are here these days.
Three Minutes Late
To average 70 M.P.H. over a distance of
200 miles probably isn't a world's record
but on Minnesota's narrow highways and
entering the Twin Cities, one must admit
it is good time. What a let down to hurry
like that and then be too late. They had
the baby without him. Cully arrived just
three minutes after the stork brought in
David Mark Olson. David was born Oct. 2,
at 12:27 A.M. He is seven pounds and four
and a half ounces and 21 inches long. The
doctors consider the whole family in pretty
good shape and the medical authorities in-form
us that our conference evangelist will
be back on the job shortly. Congratulations
Cully and Ruth!
My Tongue Stood Still
by Stretch Richardson
It was one of those situations that just
don't happen, but it did. Here I was, sitting
in sociology class minding my own business.
I forget what it was now, either drawing
cartoons or arrested in a state of somnolent
ecstasy—when something Dr. Moberg said
accilentally caught my attention.
He was talking about "attribues" and
"variables", and at that particular point in
his lecture he was trying to show the dif-ferences.
"It's like this . . ." he said—so
they told me later, "With attributes things
either are or they aren't. There's no part
way. For instance a family can have one
child, or it can have three or four or five.
But a family cannot have one and a half
children, nor can it have three and a half
or five and a half."
That's when I was aroused and without
hesitancy rendered my loving, oral correc-tion
of which I still consider myself living
proof. "My mother did!" That's all I said.
Then a couple silly girls start to giggle.
Before long everyone in the rear of the
room was laughing. Upon this Dr. Moberg
requested me to reiterate the timely com-ment.
I had just whispered before so as
not to disturb the class. Modestly I com-plied
with his request. This time the en-tire
class reacted with a chuckle—even
Dr. Moberg.
I took considerable delight in the whole
matter since seldom it is that I have oc-casion
to joke myself about my shrunken
stature. This delight was short lived. When
the laughing had subsided the professor
leaned across his desk and said, "Mr. Rich-ardson,
it was children we were talking
about, not wits."
("Boswell The Bookworm," will alternate with Smorgy in the CLARION. Boswell
represents the intellectual element of the underworld on campus. He has been
challenged to assert himself upon the boast of Smorgy—see CLARION Oct. 3.)
My Dear Mr. Editor:
The incredulous acute intellect will immediately ascertain the spurious nature
of the unfounded and unsubstantiated postulates of this inebriated and uncultured
roach whose descriptive applelation is "Smorgie."*
The allegations made by this slightly more than non-entity are vigorously denied
by the Boistrous But Benevolent Brotherhood of Bookworms.'
S. contends that his group is most numerous on campus, but has he considered
how our ranks are being swelled daily by the students in the library? (Even the
warm blooded ones.) Daily they hover in meditative cogitation over profound treaties
hoping to qualify as "Bookworms."
Of course, this is induced largely by the excessive assignments of the pro-fessors—
but it demonstrates vividly that they too favor our movement.
Nor is our organization an outside element. We are insiders! Speedy surveyal
of the insides of most of the library books will reveal that (in provincial vernacular)
"We're loaded!"
The guantlet is thrust down. We will "throw the rascals out." Quick Hedberg,
the FLIT!
Masticatingly yours,
Boswell
* Smorgie is probably an irresponsible diminution to the title Smorgasbord, See M.
Engstrom's Life of Smorgie, Vol. II, Appendix A, page 4.
Foreign Students Enjoy Bethel
by Carolyn Clark
On Bethel campus this year are six foreign students, four of whom have prev-iously
spent some time here.
The Seminary claims two of these students. Paul Lilienberg, of Sweden, is
spending his second year in the seminary learning how he can "encourage more
Bible study and individual devotion" in his native land.
After graduation from Bethel Seminary in Stockholm, he was ordained by the
Baptist Union of Sweden in 1946. During the school year 1949-50 he was a student on
our campus. Since that time, Mr. Lillienberg spent a year as pastor, in addition
to spending a year as an evangelist under the Baptist Union of Sweden.
His opinion of Bethel can be summed up in a statement made by him recently
in chapel: "Traveling 5000 miles to enroll here is a better testimony of what I think
of Bethel than anything I can say."
Annemarie Oesterle, from Germany, who previously attended Bethel for two
years from 1949 to 1951, is now a Junior in the seminary. She has a B.A. degree in,
romance languages (Italian and French) from Heidelberg university, Germany, as
well as a B.A. in history from Bethel.
Last year she worked in Germany with Kenneth Norquist, assisting in Baptist
work. After graduation from seminary, she plans to eventually do youth work back in
Germany.
Again with this year as a senior in the college is Joe Niemeyer of Holland. This
is his third year at Bethel, but he attended Central college in Pella, Iowa, last year.
Majoring in philosophy, he plans to attend Bethel seminary upon graduation in
June. His future plans are not definite as yet.
Joe says that he is happy to be "back home."
Virginia Lee began her studies at Bethel in March of this year. Born in China
and a graduate of Yenching university in Peking, with a major in education, she
has taught in Christian high schools as well as in a Bible school, all in China. Virginia
has also done evangelistic work.
Now a junior in the college, majoring in psychology, she plans to enter a sem-inary
in preparation for preaching and teaching again in China.
Two of the foreign students are on campus for the first time. Einar Gjestland
hails from South Africa where his parents are missionaries under the Evangelical
Alliance Mission. He came to the United States a year ago and attended Trinity
Seminary for one semester. A freshman, Einar plans to enter full-time Christian
service in he field of photography.
When asked about his impression of the States, he commented, "I like America,
but find it a bit cold."
Also new on campus is Joel Bermudez of Cuba. Last year he taught Spanish
at a Bible school in Edinburgh, Texas. A special student here at Bethel, he for-merly
attended a evangelical seminary in Cuba. Joel plans to continue his education
in order that he may later go to Spain as a missionary.
Ex-Bethelites Active at St. Cloud
The Rev. Lundquist is pastor of
the Elim Baptist Church in Chi-cago.
He has been our own "Deep-er
Life" speaker twice in the past
Rev. Carl
Lundquist
Chapel
Speaker
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Construction
Conquers
'Crackerbox'
At ease! The rumor that the
"cracker box" has been the scene
of wholesale executions of delin-quent
freshmen is entirely false.
The terrifying screams issuing from
behind the locked doors of the
old gym are due wholly to rattling
air-hammers, pounding out the
footings for our new student union.
This reassuring report came from
a courageous Bethelite, perched up-on
a ladder, and peering through a
transom into the mysterious abyss.
The same high official also reports
that construction thus far has re-sulted
in 20 holes, neatly dug and
beautifully spaced about the floor
that has seen so many epic bucket-ball
contests. The holes are 2 feet
square and about 1 foot deep.
Incidentally, the giant construc-tion
worker who has been dwarf-ing
students in the halls in none
other than Carl Burton, son of Dr-
Carl G. Burton, chairman of the
school board. For Coach Winter-ble's
benefit Carl is 24 years old,
weighs 245 pounds, is 6' 5" tall,
and performed as a tackle for John-son
high school.
Lack of steel is still tying up
construction, but Foreman Adolph
Nelson looks to the near future
optimistically.
Wally Anderson Named
Chapel Choir President
Chapel choir members recently
elected Wally Anderson, college
junior, as president. Milton Paul-son
was elected vice-president and
Barbara Mullen secretary. Nettie
Dvirnak is the new treasurer. Harris
Paulson will fill the job of business
manager and George Dvirnak is
the assistant. On the Robes com-mittee
are Rosella Pollman, Ruth
Warpula, Cal Peterson and Phil
Caldean. Al Richer and Gene
Glader are in charge of risers.
NICOLLET AVE. at 71 ST
Robert Sandin
Average Giving
To Determine
Missionary Goal
Bethel students themselves will
choose the goal for this year's
Missionary giving, in Chapel today.
Wally Anderson, vice-president of
the Religious council announced
this change. The average of what
each student will give individually
per week will decide the goal. The
Religious council will divide the
offerings among the fields of Home
and Foreign missions.
In the succeeding Friday chapel
services, the Council will present
one aspect of the mission field
each week. In this way, the stud-ents
will get acquainted with the
Missions to which they are giving.
Friday, October 10, 1952 THE CLARION
Page 3
Former Deeper Life Speaker Gives
Three Chapel Talks Next Week
Alumni Elects Bob Sandin to Presidency
Installation of Officers Set
For Meeting Tomorrow Night
The Rev. Carl H. Lundquist will be speaking at Bethel's chapel
services Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, October 14, 15, and 16.
The Rev. Lundquist will hold "Deeper Life" meetings at Bethany Bap-tist
Church in St. Paul starting Tuesday October 14 and concluding the
following Sunday, October 19.
five years. One of the outstanding
leaders in our Conference history,
The Rev. • Lundquist is known
across the country as a man who is
vitally interested in young people.
Dr. Wingblade secured The Rev.
Lundquist for these three days sev-eral
weeks ago when the Rev.
Walfred Johnson, pastor of Beth-any
Baptist Church, announced the
meetings.
Open Mon. &
Thurs. evenings
We gladly open charge
& layby acct's with
Bethel students
KAFFEE KALASI
A revised schedule set up by
the Coffee Shop Canteen obliges
to the increased demand Home-coming
weekend. The hours are
from 10:30-11:00 a.m., 12:00-
12:30 p.m., 2:0014:30 p.m., on
Friday and from 9:00-11:00 a.m.,
and 10:00-11:00 p.m. on Satur-day.
Pop and candy are being
sold in the Field-house tonight.
Mr. V. Elving Anderson, faculty adviser for Bethel's Alumni
association, announced that Mr. Robert Sandin is the Alumni's new
president. Ballots were sent out to Alumni members three weeks ago.
Mr. Sandin is a graduate of Bethel's first senior college graduation in
1949. To quote Mr. Sandin, "The first and the best." Upon graduation
from Bethel he continued his course of study at the University of
Minnesota, working on his masters degree. At present Mr. Sandin is
a senior in our seminary and living on campus.
For three years Mr. Sandin has
been on the alumni council and
served as treasurer. He is a mem-ber
of the Bethel Baptist Church
in Minneapolis and is one of the
four distinguished members of the
renowned Bethel Male Quartet of
1947, '48, and '49.
Officers to be Presented
Saturday Night
The Rev. Mr. Gunnar Hoglund,
the retiring alumni president, will
officiate at the homescoming festi-vities
on Saturday evening and in-troduce,
Mr. Robert Sandin and the
five recently elected council mem-bers.
Five council members were elect-ed
from the fifteen in nomina-ted.
They are: the Rev. Mr. John
Dischinger, the Rev. Mr. Lee Kings-ley,
the Rev. Mr. Warren Magnu-son,
Mrs. Robert Tanquist (Ruth
Fernlund), and the Rev. Mr. John
Valine. Council members are elect-ed
for a three year term with
five members elected each year
for staggered terms. The presi-dent-
elect, the council and the
council-members-elect will meet
with Mr. Elving Anderson, alumni-school
coordinator in the library
conference room, Saturday morn-ing
at 10:00 a.m.
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Evening Classes
Now Underway
There are 50 persons now en-rolled
in Bethel's evening school.
Begun last Tuesday, October 7,
these classes will be held from
7:00 to 9:15 p.m. until December
9.
Each course, costing only $6.00,
is designed to effectively train the
Christian layman but can also be
credited toward a college degree.
Courses offered are: Studies in
the Ephesian Letter, which is con-ducted
by Reuben E. Omark, pro-fessor
of Exegetical Theology.
Christianty and Modern Science an-swers
such questions as: "How do
we account for all the errors found
in the Bible in view of the find-ings
of modern science?" "How
accurately does the Bible corres-pond
with science?" Dr. Bernard
Ramm, professor of philosophy, is
answering these and similar ques-tions.
The responsibility each Christian
has in the life of his community
is being discussed in the course on
The Christian and Community
Problems, instructed by Dr. David
Moberg, professor of sociology. An
Audi-visual Aids Workshop is con-ducted
under the leadership of
Clifford E. Larson, professor of
religious education.
In addition to these classes a 35-
minute Chapel period is held be-tween
the two class periods. Dr.
W. Robert Smith, visiting professor
of philosophy, is giving a special
lecture series on The Christian
Life.
Professor Clifford Larson, direc-tor
of the evening school, will be
able to answer any other inquiries.
Ramm's Philosophy
Seminar Meets Fri.
Has any philosopher from Anax-imander
to Alexander, or any re-ligious
ideology from occultism to
economic nationalism ever confus-ed
you? Have you struggled
through at least 18 hours of philo-sophy?
All students answering the above
in the affirmative are invited to
bring their problems to Dr. Ber-nard
Ramm's Philosophy Seminar.
This discussion group meets in-formally
every Friday from 12:15
p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Room 204 of
the College building.
The theme of today's discussion
will be, "Has God Left a Witness?"
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Swan Engwall, assistant profes-sor
of psychology and philosophy,
speaks on the subject, - "Some As-pects
of Hebrew Philosophy," at
the next meeting of the Philosophy
club, Tuesday night, October 21,
at 8:30 in room three of the sem-inary
basement. According to Rob-ert
Sandin, general chairman of
the event, all students who will be
attending the philosophical and
theological discussions this year are
asked to atend an organizational
meeting of the Club at 8:00 p.m.
in room three on the same night
of Engwall's discussion.
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and Montgomery Ward and Co. are
some of the firms employing Bethel
students.
Thirty young men from Bethel
are driving school busses for two
transportation companies.
After classes students go to jobs
in offices, hospitals, stores, private
homes and on campus, gaining ex-perience
along with college train-ing.
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THE CLARION Friday, October 10, 1952
Oratorio Choir Needs More ,90driaciucia9. •• Student Leaders and Faculty
Tenors for Messiah Production
5.
Bethel Students
Said Healthy
The Bethel Health Service re-ports
that the recent physical ex-aminations
found students in gen-erally
good physical condition.
A staff of three doctors, nine
nurses and four student assistants
co-operated to examine 228 stud-ents.
Those subject to this check-up
were the football athletes and first-year
students of both college and
seminary.
This physical examination was
given in two stages: the first was a
laboratory test and the second a
medical examination by physicians.
Results of Ramsey County Mobile
T.B. examinations given September
9, to 484 students have recently
been reported.
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WELCOME STUDENTS
Spire Editors
Choose Staff
Plans for this year's Spire are
under the supervision of Lois Mit-chell,
editor-in-chief. Assisting Lois
are Merilyn Dahlquist, co-editor,
and Hannah Plaut, assistant editor.
The financial adviser is Mr. Ivar
Anderson and literary adviser is
Dr. Virginia Lowell Grabill.
Bob Franzen, who is business
manager, is selling ads to churches
and local business concerns to en-able
an increase in size of the
Spire for this year. Norris Magnu-son
is treasurer.
The faculty-administration sec-tion
is being edited by Nettie Dvir-nak,
while Barbara Port is edit-ing
the activities-organizaion sec-tion
and Jim Baxter is sports edi-tor.
Rece qeathelt .2)4izie
Bethel students will be asked
to contribute to the St. Paul
Community Chest Fund on Wed-nesday,
October 15.
Miss Edith Larson, secretary
to the President, said members
of the faculty and the admini-stration
have already given to
the drive, which extends from
October 3 to October 23.
This fund, also known as the
Red Feather Campaign because
of the little red feather each
contributor is asked to wear
during the drive, aids or sup-ports
39 local health, welfare
and recreational agencies. By
grouping all the agencies for
the underprivileged and the
needy of this city under one
head, the once-a-year appeal for
funds is made publicly for all
the groups and the money is
fairly distributed.
LIKE EDUCATION
So Goes Insurance
What you plan today
BRINGS BENEFITS
TOMORROW
Make it your policy
to know about.my policy
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HU. 9-5613 DR. 3607
1523 E. Lake St.
Dr. David Nelson, new assistant
professor of chemistry is a native
of Canada and comes to Bethel
from Iowa State College. He re-ceived
his Ph.D. in chemistry there
in 1951, having completed his un-dergraduate
work at the University
of Alberta.
Dr. Nelson's work at Iowa State
was in synthesizing compounds for
possible use in anti-histamine type
medicine.
Dr. and Mrs. Nelson have a six-week
old baby girl. They live at
1679 West Minnehaha Avenue.
With the addition of Dr. Nelson .
and the completion of the modern
well-equipped chemistry labora-tory,
Bethel can now offer almost
all the courses required for pre-medical
or pre-dental students. Or-ganic
chemistry and quantative
analysis classes are in progress.
Bodien Counseling
To Aid Frosh
In order to help freshman girls
adjust themselves with college life,
a new counseling system has been
established in Bodein residence un-der
the advisership of Miss Effie
Nelson, Dean of Women.
Counselors have been chosen to
aid the new students in their spir-itual,
scholastic and social problems
whenever the need arises. This will
not only help the girls individually
but it will encourage better rela-tionships
between upper classmen
and freshman girls.
Those who are serving as coun-selors
are Patricia Alms, Marilyn
Anderson, Shirley Anderson, Mar-ilyn
Bittner, Carolyn Clark, Caro-lyn
Dahlquist, Darlene Dorow,
Ethel Edwards, Florence Jacobson,
Virginia Larson, Joyce Marcellis,
Joyce Martinson, Barbara Mullin,
Annemarie Oesterle, Florence
Pruessner, Mary Radunz, Joy Sho-gren,
Nancy Swanson and Carol
Joy Turnwall.
The faculty advisers, seven of
whom have been chosen to date,
are: Dr. Virginia Grabill, associate
professor of Literature; Clifford
Larson, assistant professor of re-ligious
education; Russell Johnson,
assistant professor of biology;
David Guston, associate librarian;
Swan Engwall, assistant professor
of psychology and philosophy;
Quentin Bohne, assistant professor
of mathematics and physics; and
Roy Dalton, instructor in history.
These advisers go with the teams
whenever possible, each adviser
counselling his own team. Mr. Al-phin
Conrad, seminary instructor
in Biblical Theology and Evangel-ism,
is overall coordinator of the
teams.
Bethel gospel teams go to
churches of the Twin Cities and
the state. In addition, a gospel
team has charge of the chapel ser-vice
each week at the Goodwill In-dustries.
A gospel team may have
charge of the entire service or it
may supplement the regular ser-vice
of the church with special
music and visitation.
Majority of Students
Have Part-time Jobs
Probably over half of Bethel
students are earning part of their
college expenses, Dean C. E. Carl-son
estimates. Most of them work
just a. few hours.
Nik Dag Opinion
Is Pro and Con
by Eloise Anderson
Nik Dag is only three weeks
away, and the big problem of the
girls these days is whom to ask
and how. For the first time, the
girls are only allowed five days
to ask the fellows. There are plenty
of men to go around, 220 single
men compared to 147 single wo-men.
There are difference of opinion
as to whether the five-day asking
time is long enough. Martha With-crow
likes the idea because then
she has "cold feet" for only a few
days. Roy Walters thinks it's fine
because then he doesn't have to
keep refusing girls for so many
weeks. Meme Olander says that
she needs more than five days to
make a corsage that would, suit
the fellow's particular needs.
One fellow says it's nice to have
to wonder for only five days if
he'll be asked, while Jay Fernlund
likes to get used to the idea for
a few weeks in advance. Some of
the fellows don't even have an
opinion on the matter. Time does-n't
matter to John Swanson, just
so he can be on the receiving end
for a change. One girl is all for
the five-day rule because she can
never get up the nerve to ask un-til
the last minute anyway.
And then there are some lucky
girls like Ruth Sheets who don't
even have to ask.
Nurses Organize
NCF Unit Here
by Jeanne Swanson
Yes, it was a surprise to us too
upon our first informal gathering
to learn that Bethel has approxi-mately
twenty nurses on campus
this year.
Feeling a need for fellowship
with those of like interests, and
desiring to be of help to prospec-tive
student nurses as well as to
those already enrolled in schools
affiliated with hospitals of this
area, a new chapter of NCF has
been born into the Bethel family.
The Nurses Christian Fellowship
(NCF) is an international organiza-tion
originating as a branch of the
IVCF in 1948. Its purpose is pri-marily
to encourage the spiritual
lives of Christian nurses, and to
establish a positive witness for
Christ in every school of nursing.
Our meetings are being held on
Thursdays, during the lunch hour,
in room 224 of the girls' dormitory,
for purposes of organization, dis-cussion,
and prayer. At our meet-ing
of October 2, election of offi-cers
was held. Jeanne Swanson was
chosen as chairman, and Georgann
Mavis as secretary.
It is our desire to serve the
Lord by means of Gospel teams
visiting the various NCF groups
and churches in the twin-city area.
It is also the purpose of the group
to stimulate an interest on campus
NCF and the nursing profession.
Above all, our objective is "That
in all things He might have the pre-eminence."
Advisers Set for Gospel Teams
Twelve gospel teams this year represent Bethel in Christian service
according to Mr. Robert Featherstone, Christian service director. Each
gospel team has a student leader and a faculty adviser. The student
leaders, who were chosen on the basis of Christian leadership and
character, are: Gene Messenger, Ray Brace, Wally Olson, Mike Rucinski,
Cal Edlund, Jay Fernlund, Bob Brucato, Bill Swanson, Ed Meyer, Ber-nard
DeBar, Don Richardson, and Gesta Lexon.
Wanted: Half a dozen tenors of assorted sizes, temperaments, and
talents to help fill the back row in the Oratorio choir. Miss Mildred
Bisgrove, assisant professor of Music, reports there was a shortage of
tenors at the first rehearsal when about 45 persons came out. All parts
are still open for additional voices.
Work on the "Messiah" has al-ready
been started, and the audi-tion
for the solo_ parts will be held
about November 1 when Miss Bis-grove
and Mr. Roger Bailey, teach-er
of voice, will select the winners.
All students are eligible to try
out.
The first singing of the "Messiah"
supported by assistant professor,
C. Howard Smith, the Oratorio
choir's regular accompanist, is ex-pected
to be in the chapel at Bethel
College, Friday evening, December
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To All Bethel Alumni We Extend A
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•• The Elim Church
9:45 CHURCH BIBLE SCHOOL
11:00 MORNING SERVICE OF WORSHIP
5:30 YOUTH GROUPS
7:00 EVENING EVANGEL
Rev. John G. Johnson, Guest Speaker
AN OLD FASHIONED WELCOME FROM
Central Baptist Church - St. Paul
to Bethel students and alumni attending Homecoming activities.
A full time program is carried on at the church and we
cordially welcome students, faculty, and alumni to the service
Sunday 9:45 Sunday School 6:45 CYF
11:00 Morning Worship 7:45 Evening Service
Wednesday 7:45—Prayer Service
Pastor, L. E. Petersen Ass't. Pastor, Lloyd Welch
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Friday, October 10, 1952 THE CLARION Page 5
The Campaign Strategy
by Robert Sandin
For an outsider to attempt to state the thinking of the strategists in the current
poliical campaign is perhaps presumpuous, particularly when even well-informed
observers confess that they are only second-guessing, but perhaps a few amatuerish
observations may be in order.
There is no question but that the results of the Wisconsin primary, along with
other factors, have radically altered the character of the campaign. The show of
strength of the McCarthy forces is too striking to be ignored. If McCarthy had
been defeated, or if he had won by only a slight margin, the question of Eisen-howers
endorsement of him might have been regarded as academic. But the re-sult
of the Wisconsin primary has been to make "McCarthyism" a very live issue.
From this point of view the Republican strategy appears to have shifted. In
the early stages of the campaign it was apparent that the Eisenhower people re-garded
the so-called independent note as essential to success. It was evident that
Eisenhower's moderation at that time was designed to appeal to this class of
voters.
But it has become increasingly clear that such an appeal could be made only
at the expense of unity in the party; it did not satisfy extremists of the McCarthy-
Taft-Jenner variety.
Accordigly the effort to attract th eindependents has, to all appearances, been
abandoned. Evidently the plan now is to solidify the G.O.P. opposition to the
Democratic administration, and to attempt to win on the strenght of the party
itself, together with as many malcontents as might be won over over by the stress
on "the mess in Washington." There does not seem to be any other explanation of
Eisenhower's blanket endorsement of men for whom he certainly can feel no
ideological sympathies.
Senator Taft's conviction that the way to win an election is to get every last
party member out to support the ticket on election day, has apparently displaced
the feeling that non-Republican support is essential to success.
The Democratic nominee appears, similarly, to be entering upon a second
stage in his campaign. It was apparently the Democratic plan for Stevenson to
spell out, on a relatively intellectual level, in a reasonably unimpassioned style,
and in the candidate's own ineffable manner, the particular program for which
he stands. This approach drew the approval of many classe of people, particularly
that of organized labor—even the A. F. of L. It probably was attraction to many
independents as well.
Stevenson apparently feels that this has been done to the satisfaction of all.
He will spend the rest of the campaign attempting to cement his gains and to
convert them into votes. Apparently this is to be done, according to the Demo-cratic
scheme, by allowing the campaign to take on an "up-an'-at-em" aspect. Stev-enson
is now beginning to raise his own hand of hoopla. He pokes fun at the
Republicans, taunts them for inconsistencies, real or imagined, cracks wise about
the "captain candidate" and—though on quite a different lead—is engaging in the
kind of political joking 'that Mr Truman has made famous.
This stage of the campaign seems to be less reflection of Stevenson's person-ality
than the first, but he is equipped with a sense of humor that is very well
adapted to this kind of politicking, and there appear to be many hours of rare
entertainment for American audiences during the next month. And the turn of
the Republican campaign, which has led to at least an "antagonistic coopera-tion"
between Eisenhower and the Old guard, is certainly providing him with
ample ammunition.
Co-Captain Bob Carlson "crowns" homecoming hostess Barb Port
with his football helmet while host John Soneson watches.
Photo Courtesy of Pioneer Press
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Morning Worship 11:00 A.M.
Young 'People's Groups 6.30 P. M.
Evening Evangelistic Service 7:45 P. M.
Bible Study and Prayer Meeting—Wednesday 8:00 P. M.
A special welcome to those attending the
1952 BETHEL HOMECOMING
ad
Doughnuts and draperies, valves and
vending machines, paint and pianos. All
these and many other items are the res-ponsibility
of the new Business Manager,
Harold Lidbom.
Besides directing the large remodeling
program now in progress, Business Manager
Lidbom has charge of nearly all college
equipment. When you switch on a light,
turn on a faucet, sit in a chair, even
snuggle down for a few extra winks of
sleep Mr. Lidbom's office is involved.
A new Student Center and a new chem-istry
laboratory are nearing completion.
Dean C. E. Carison's offices, post office,
Christian activities office and the business
office are now in large, more convenient
quarters.
Dear Editor:
Thursday evening, Sept. 25, our dining
hall resembled a Greyhound bus—In soma
ways, that is. Last year's Chapel Choir had
a reunion. Since a Greyhound bus was
what they called "home" for the three
weeks they were on tour, they found it al-together
fitting and proper to change the
conventional dignity of our dining hall into
a more reminiscent atmosphere. The chairs
were arranged in order of the seats on the
bus. All that was necessary was a little
imaginaion, a few worn-out "cracks" fired
back and forth, and back they were speed-ing
along the highway. Movies and slides
of the trip were shown, after which came
cheeseburgers and hot chocolate. The com-mittee
responsible were Harris Paulson,
Barbara Mullin, Lois Mitchell and Rodney
Erickson.
A Reader
As of late our President has been very
busy traveling throughout the Middle West.
Several weeks ago he was in Chicago and
was the main speaker at the 50th Anni-versary
of Fridhem (Home of Rest). Fridhem
was founded by Dr. G. Arvid Hagstrom in
1902, and Dr. Wingblade took greetings
from the founder. On Sunday morning
President Wingblade spoke at Grace Bap-tist
Church, and in the evening he spoke
at the Addison Street Church where he
was once pastor.
Last Monday Dr. Wingblade returned
from a great Missionary Convention of
eight days up in the Red River Valley. Dr.
Wingblade represented Bethel along with a
team consisting of the leaders of the Gen-eral
Conference.
Soon he will leave us again to make an
extended trip of the West Coast.
Bethel students who live on the campus,
and who are registered for voting may do
so November 4 at the field house.
to ale edit04
Dear Editor:
This is the first appearance of "Letters
to the Editor" this year. All campus per-sonnel
are invited to write us letters. Letters
should be brief and clear-cut and well sub-stantiated.
Share with us and your fellow
students your opinions through this column.
All letters must bear signatures but the
names of writers will not be printed neces-sarily.
All letters are subject to editorial
policies. Place letters in PO Box F 10.
Soft music, mellow candle-light, loud-plaid
shirts, Sunday-best suits, Ma Olson's bread
—all these create a pleasant atmosphere
on Wednesday night in the Bethel dining
hall. Dress-up night is traditional at Bethel
and Bethelites look forward to this formal-ity.
But there seems to be one element out
of place.
Like a cow-boy ballad among classical
music, like a crash of thunder on a peace-ful
star-lit evening, like a rainstorm during
a picnic, so loud-plaid shirts intrude upon
the atmosphere of Wednesday night dress-up.
Every vivid blotch of color should be
plucked out and replaced by a white shirt,
a necktie and a suit jacket. Then all the
elements of Wednesday night would be in
harmony with one another.
A Reader
Dear Reader:
We feel that your observation is vali-dated
by a number on the campus who are
of the same opinion. We invite comment
by other students.
Ed
Dear Editor:
I'm mad, raving mad. Normally I ain't
one to gripe, but now I got something to
really kick up a stink over.
It's this fourday check business on Nik
Dag Dates. Who are they to be telling us
when we can and when we can't ask our
flames for a date? This is the only time in
the entire year we girls can snag the man
we want. When the fellows do the asking
they can ask any old time they're a mind
to. So the one with the most gumption gets
the girl he want mainly because he beat
the other guys to it.
Now here's the way it is with me. I want
to ask Stretch out for the night, but so
do seventeen other girls. Well, the rules
R..say I can't ask until October 27, 12:15 p.m.
which means the earliest chance will be
sometime that next morning. That's where
it rubs. I have to go to work at the cleaners
at 11:00 that morning and Stretch never
gets up till after that. So one of the other
girls is bound to beat me to it, and it's all
because of that silly rule.
Frantically yours,
A Concerned Young Lady
Our Dear Young Lady:
We only hope that this year's Nik Dag
will be the best ever and we wish the
planning committee much success.
Ed
Keep this
Clarion as a
Souvenier
for
Homecoming
See you at
the game
tomorrow
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Along with the expanding inter-collegiate athletic program at Bethel
has come a noticeable drop of interest in intramural athletics.
Finding a time when teams can field enough players for a game
and a seemingly decline in enthusiasm has put a near halt to the pro-gram.
The well known, highly fanned flame of previous years has
dwindled to a mere spark and forfeits are not at all uncommon when
game time arrives. Thus far in the schedule half of the games have
had to be forfeited because of lack of players.
Possibly an entire revamping of the program is necessary to solve
the ever increasing problem. Maybe other sports should be substituted
for football. Ping Pong and volleyball might draw more interest.
Two rounds of play have been
completed in the intramural sched-ule
thus far. Minnesota and Iowa
are currently riding the top with
two victories and no losses.
Three games have been forfeited
because of lack of players and
Norris Magnuson, commissioner, is
issuing a call for more fellows to
take an interest and is open for
suggestions on how the program
can better accomplish its purposes.
Here are the results of the first
two pairings:
West-14 Michigan Wisconsin-13
Iowa-2 East-0
Minnesota-2 Illinois-0
Minnesota-19 West-18
Michigan-Wisconsin----2 East-0
Iowa-18 Illinois-12
Bethel Intramural Athletic Program
Shows Noticeable Drop In Interest
Royals Vie With Lumberjacks
In Homecoming Football Tilt
While the men's intramural pro-gram
is on a seemingly down-hill
grade the girls on campus have
suddenly appeared on the scene
and are interested in starting an
intramural sports program.
Volleyball and basketball are
two of the sports mentioned by the
girls where there is interest
enough to establish an intra-cam-pus
contest.
Girls who are desirous to partici-pate
in such a league are asked to
contact Lois Johnson or Carolyn
Dahlquist.
Baxter, Carlson
Pilot Gridders
Jim Baxter and Bob Carlson were
selected by their teammates to pilot
the 1952 Bethel football team at a
meeting held just before the Roch-ester
game.
Each of the captains are 60- min-ute
men playing on the offensive
and defensive platoons.
Jim plays fullback on offensive
and is an outstanding line-backer
on the defensive team. Jim is play-ing
his second year on the Royal's
squad. He made the varsity as a
freshman just out of high school
from Minnehaha Acadamey in Min-neapolis.
Jim Baxter Bob Carlson
Bob, whose home town is Manis-tique,
Michigan, was an outstand-ing
high school athlete in that area.
Bob is playing his third year of
football at Bethel. As a freshman,
he played on Coach Lynn Lun-deen's
outstanding gridiron unit as
a tackle.
Last year Bob was switched to a
fullback position, but Coach Win-terbie
has put him back in the
line this year. He also received the
outstanding player award last sea-son
and has won two letters on the
varsity basketball squad.
Both Jim and Bob were unani-mous
choices and are capable of
leading the team because of their
experience and knowledge of the
game.
Pictured above is one of
land Lumberjacks tomorrow
ium. Game time is 2 p.m.
Bethel DropsWorthington
For Second Grid Victory
by Cliff Smith
Bethel outlasted Worthington J. C. 27-20 to notch their second win
of the season last Saturday.
A large partisan Worthington crowd watched their favorites bow
for the first time in two years to a brilliant Bethel eleven in a spec-tacular
contest.
Two identical pass plays, Red Kendall to Chuck Smith, gave Bethel
a 14-0 first half lead. But Worthington, led by fullback Dick Erickson,
fought back in a thrilling second half to go in front 20-14, only then to
see Bethel's Jay Williamson race to two touchdowns to pace Bethel
to the final seven point margin.
Following the scoreless first quar-ter,
Bethel opened the second per-iod
with a touchdown march from
their own 41. Kendall fired a quick
pass to speedster Chuck Smith who
galloped 30 yards to complete the
45 yard pass play for the first
score. Don Stipe successfully tried
the extra point.
Before the half ended, a second
Kendall pass had found the mark
to Smith who this time dashed 25
yards. Stipe added the point again
to make the half score 14-0.
A fired-up Worhington team
charged back in the third quarter
to marci • 52 yards for a quick
touchdown thrust, scoring on full-back
Dick Erickson's smash. Erick-son
also added the extra point.
Just several plays later, the Blue
Jays scored again on a short pass,
Koepsall to Basche, but failed on
the extra point try much to the
relief of the stunned St. Paul team.
The Blue Jay assault continued
right on into the final period.
After recovering a Bethel fumble
on the Bethel 34, the Jays quickly
scored again on Erickson's short
plunge. Erickson completed the
point after to move his team in
front for the first time 20-14.
However, Bethel bounced back to
score twice in the final five min-utes
to ice the contest. Jay William,
son crossed the goal line on short
dashes for both scores.
It was a meaningful victory for
Bethel who had been shut out by
the Worthington eleven for the
past three years. The Bethel grid-ders,
accomplished a feat no other
team had achieved for the past
two years in defeating the Blue
Jays.
The outstanding tilt was waged
in freezing weather on the Worth-ington
High School field under the
lights.
by Gene Messenger
Boasting one of the fastest backfields in Northland college history
and a well fortified line the lumberjacks from Ashland, Wisconsin,
move onto Highland Stadium tomorrow afternoon in an attempt to
dampen Bethel's Homecoming spirit.
Poised and confident with last weekend's 27-20 victory over highly-rated
Worthington the Blue and Gold from Bethel are carrying a spirit
of victory and thunder which will be tough to put the damper on.
Thus it appears Northland will find it can't win without expecting a
little rain to fall on their side of the line.
With a great deal of depth in re-serves
to bolster their line and a
slight weight advantage over the
Royals, the Woodsmen are sure to
give Bethel's well rounded back-field
a good workout.
Coach Ross Anderson's squad, es-pecially
strong at the tackle posi-tions,
may turn the tables on the
well known strategy, "If you can
gain off tackle you are bound to
vvin."
A small, but fast and rugged
backfield with several veterans and
some promising freshman talent
provide the Northmen with a well-balanced
ground unit.
However, with the improvement
that has accompanied the Bethel
squadron from week to week, coup-led
with the traditional homecom-ing
spirit, the local eleven will be
tough to seat.
A noticeable improvement in
Bethel's passing attack may mean
Basketball Practice the difference when the final gun
goes off.
Begins October 20 Barring any let down in the game
which was evidenced in the third
Athletic Director Del Ray Peter- quarter of the Worthington game,
son has announced the official it is certain that the Northland
opening of the basketball practice team will have to try for every
for October 20. inch.. In their only game thus far
Football players who intend to in the season Northland dropped a
play basketball will not begin 27-13 decision to Houghton college
basketball practice until after the while the home team will carry a
pigskin schedule has been complet- two win and one loss record into
ed. the game.
All fellows interested in playing
either varsity or junior varsity ball Last year Bethel fell before the
are urged to attend the practice. It slicing power of the woodcutters
is hoped that schedules can be ar- at the latter's homecoming 13-6.
ranged so practices can be held at
Especially pleased with the much
3 p.m. running about 2 hours in improved passing attack and the
length. outstanding performance of several
A schedule of over 20 games is individual players the new Bethel
drawn up including a week trip mentor, Mr. Winterble, is depend-during
Christmas vacation into ing upon speed and aggressiveness
South Dakota. to subdue the Lumberjacks.
What Will It Be?
Royal Riteup
Royals? Falcons? Beavers? What will it be? This was the lead in
one of our last week's articles. On that same page was a headline which
read: "Royals Meet Unbeaten Foe." Why the contradiction?
Although it is not the official name the sports department of the
Clarion has decided to use the name, Royals, until a definite selection
has been made.
Because Royal is the choice of the staff and it also has the en-dorsement
of the athletic director and the B Club, the sports writers
are hoping that the name will be chosen. There seems to be unanimous
consensus of opinion regarding its adapability to our colors and our
school name.
Also, it is not an overly used name. Very few schools in this area
are carrying the title and it should be a name that can be kept if a
conference berth is gained.
A definite decision should be reached as soon as possible so the
athletic equipment for basketball can be ordered, cheers can be selected
and so we have an authorized title with which to build our news and
feature articles around.
Erickson Receives needed immediate medical atten-
Injury In Practice
tion.
Also on the injured list is Virgil
Don Erickson, Bethel halfback, Hegle who suffered a broken collar
who received an injury during a bone during the Rochester game.
football practice last week has been Wes Peterson and Phil Carlson
hwoisllp ibteal iuzneadb floer tsoe vreetruarl nd atoy sa acntido nh abvee raelasod yb efeonr dsiudteyl ifnoerd tbhuet Hshoomuled-this
fall. Don played the first two coming tilt.
games against Wahpeton and Roch-ester.
Bethel played its first Home-Several
blood vessels in his right coming football game in 1947, los-leg
were impaired and the leg ing to Austin 7-0.
THE CLARIO N
SPORTS
October 10, 1952 Page 6
Letter Jacket For
Athletes Selected
By B Club Members
Reaching a final decision on
jackets for B Club members was
the major item taken up at the
meeting held last Monday after-noon.
Jackets selected were navy
blue in color with natural colored
leather sleeves. All fellows in the
college and seminary who have
earned a major letter in any of the
sports are permitted to purchase
a jacket which will be the official
athletic garment.
Contrary to an erroneous opin-ion
that the garb is an award, Ath-letic
Director Del Ray Peterson
emphasises the fact that it is not
an award but is to be purchased by
the letter winners.
An emblem to be placed on the
attire was also discussed and tenta-tive
plans for a crown with the
school nickname, Royals, inscribed
across it were drawn up.
Alumni Versus Varsity
In Homecoming Classic
Pending on the erecting of the
basketball backboards the alumni
of Bethel college and seminary will
play the varsity basketball squad
tonight at 9 p.m. in the new gym-nasium.
The traditional classic proves to
be interesting and thrilling as pre-vious
contests have always been an
outstanding Homecoming feature.
Rarely in the past has an alumni
team been able to defeat the young-er
and trimmer varsity athlets, but
it is hoped that they put up a
good fight.
Bethel's offensive units which will be running and passing against the North-afternoon
when the annual Homecoming tilt gets under way at Highland Stad-
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For we are His work-manship,
created in
Christ Jesus unto
good works, . . . .
. . . which God hath
before ordained that
we should walk in
them. Eph. 2:10
Beats& Nificial Scitaol Paize4
Gunnar Hoglund Maurice Wessman
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HOMECOMING ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE
FRIDAY—
All Day—Registration
5:00 p.m.—Judging of dorm decoration by Alumni
7:30 p.m.—Opening session. An entertainment program of "humorous
fun." Cal Edlund, Emcee. Skits and Laughter. Featuring—
Pete Unruh's homemade band. Introduction of Host and
Hostess.
8:30 p.m.—Football game Pep Rally—practice field, headed by Wally
Olson.
9:00 p.m.—Alumni-Varsity basketball game in field house
10:30 a.m.—Coffee fellowship for everyone in dining hall
SATURDAY-Morning—
Registration
Morning—Last minute touches on floats
11:00 a.m.—Floats must be completed and assembled in parade line
12:30 p.m.—Judging of floats in parade line
1:00 p.m.—Parade leaves for Highland field
2:00 p.m.—Game time, Bethel vs. Northland, Highland field
5:00 to 7:00 p.m.—Open house in dormitories
5:00 to 7:00 p.m.—Turkey dinner served in dining hall
8:00 p.m.—Service climaxing Homecoming in Field house. The Rev.
Maurice Wessman, speaker. Theme: "Christ Our Life."
Committee Schedules Mock
Political Rally October 30
A mock political rally will be staged by Bethel students on Thurs-day,
October 30, in the college chapel. In a type of meeting that has
no parallel in actual political life, "members" of several major politi-cal
parties will assemble to hear campaign speeches of the presidential
"candidates."
Vol. XXX—No. 3
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
Friday, October 10, 1952
Wessman Climaxes Homecoming Activities
Thomas A. Flinn, executive sec-retary
for the Freeman for Gover-nor,
volunteer committee, told the
CLARION that "Mr. Freeman will
talk about political campaigns and
their role in democratic govern
ment. He plans to make some sug-gestions
for remedying what he
feels are serious failures in this
important part of the democratic
process."
Mr. Freeman's program is "Build
Minnesota's Future." In the state
primary last September 9, the 34
year old candidate received the
largest vote ever given to a guber-natorial
candidate in the DFL pri-mary
column.
Of Norwegian and Swedish des-cent,
Mr. Freeman won his B.A.
degree magna cum laude, and was
elected to the Phi Betta Kappa fra-ternal
organization. In graduate
school he won his L.L.B. degree
from the University of Minnesota
law school.
Sem to Publish
First Journal
The Bethel Seminary -Quarterly
will be published for the first
time in November, 1952. This jour-nal
is published primarily to serve
the pastors of our Baptist General
Conference. It will also extend the
influence of the seminary and
strengthen ties between the pas-tors
and the seminary.
The editorial staff, led by Dean
Edwin Omark, editor-in-chief, in-cludes
Dr. Anton T. Pearson, as-sociate
editor, and Dr. Virgil A.
Olson, managing editor. A fine
staff of contributing editors, in-cluding
our 'school president, Dr.
Wingblade, and all seminary pro-fessors,
will furnish material of an
informative, practical, and devo-tional
nature. The quarterly will
not be used for news or promotion-al
purposes. It is designed rather
to be of non-technical, practical as-sistance
to the pastors and leaders
in our Conference churches.
All seminary students will re-ceive
a copy without charge, this
being included in the inclusive fee.
Each pastor in the Conference will
receive the first copy and be given
an opportunity to subscribe to this
fine periodical.
Announce Greene as
Deeper Life Speaker
The Rev. Edwin R. Greene, wide-ly
known and appreciated youth
leader, has been obtained as speak-er
for- Deeper Life Week, Novem-ber
34. He is now serving the
Elim Baptist Church in Seattle,
Washington.
According to The Rev. Mr.
Greene the theme for the week's
chapel and vesper services will be
selected from the topic, "Light."
During the week he will be avail-able
for personal student counsel.
ling.
School Enrolls 515 For
First Quarter Clas s es
With an increase of 27 students
over last year, the enrollment of
Bethel College and Seminary now
totas 515. Of this 515, 365 are men-,
while only 150 women. There are
368 students now attending the
college and 158 attending seminary,
including 11 duplications. Edna
Schultz, secretary to Dean C.
Emanuel Carlson, explains that the
duplications are those students who
are enrolled both in the College
and the Seminary.
Although the official report
won't be made until the end of the
quarter the individual class enroll-ments
are as follows:
The freshman class now claims
158 of the Bethel students, while
there were only 140 last year.
The sophomores have declined
somewhat with only 104 this year
compared with 125 last year.
The juniors number 47, eight
more than last year and the seniors
have gained 10 more students this
year, placing their enrollment at
44.
In addition there are 15 special
students.
Students from 19 states are now
atending Bethel, and nine foreign
countries are represented. Minne-sota,
of course, heads the list with
242 students, 69 from Minneapolis
and 63 from Saint Paul. Next is
Iowa claiming 41 Bethelites, and
Illinois is right behind with 40
students.
There are 32 students from Wis-consin,
28 from Michigan, 20 from
California, 18 from Washington, 12
from North Dakota, 11 from Neb-raska,
10 from South Dakota, 7
from Massachusetts, Ohio, and New
Jersey, 6 from Connecticut and New
York, 3 from Pennsylvania, and 2
from Colorado. Arizona and Utah
complete the list in •each
sending 1 student to Bethel.
Of the foreign students there is
one from Alaska, China, Cuba,
Hawaii, Sweden, and South Africa.
Two come from Germany, and two
from the Netherlands, while there
are ten whose home is in Canada.
Rucinski Heads
Freshman Class
. Last Monday the Freshman i Class
elected Mike Rucinski of Iron
River, Michigan as president. Other
officers elected were Marvin Chris-tensen
of Muskegan, Michigan, vice-president;
Bonnie Carlson of Om-aha,
Nebraska, secretary; and Jean
Seldon of Truman, Michigan, treas-urer.
Mr. Roy C. Dalton, Instructor
in history was chosen as class ad-viser.
Four years ago, a similar rally
was conducted on the campus,
arousing considerable interest and
enthusiasm. There were vociferous
demonstrations, rigorous cheering,
and some keen debate. The pro-gram
was so successful that the
Student Council Political Commit-tee
is promoting a similar one in
this election year.
Promotional committees are be-ing
set up to secure "party sup-porters,"
to organize demonstra-tions,
and to select students to rep-resent
the candidates. The Repub-lican
promotional committee is
headed by Calvin Edlund, and the
Democratic Chairman is Russell
Baustian. A committee for the
Socialist Party is also being set up.
(Activity in this mock rally is no
indication of political conviction on
the part of the leaders).
The program on Thursday will
be followed up by a straw vote
taken during school hours on Fri-day,
October 31. Candidates for
major national and state offices
will appear on the ballot.
Debaters Host Tourney
ArgueEmployment Issue
The Bethel Debating Society will
be host to a city-wide debate tour-nament
here November 13. Bethel
debating teams, under the direc-tion
of Paul E. Grabill, coach, will
take an active part in the contest.
Mr. Grabill said invitation have
been sent to Twin City schools, and
to St. Olaf and to Carleton colleges
at Northfield. It is expected that
each school that accepts will send
12 o 16 speakers.
Plans are also being made to
send a women's debate team to St.
Olaf college November 14 and 15.
The question for discussion on
both these occasions is the one
chosen nationally for debate, which
is, Resolved: That the Congress
of the United States should insti-ute
a compulsory Fair Employment
Practice Law.
Hoglund Presides
AtVesper Service
As main speaker for the Home-coming
activities the Rev. Maurice
A. Wessman, pastor of Central
Baptist church, Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, speaks on the general sub-ject
"Christ Our Life" tomorrow
night in the field house. The Rev.
Wessman is an alumnus having
graduated from Bethel Seminary
in 1939 with a Th.B. degree.
Tomorrow night's service, start-ing
at 8:00 p.m., climaxes home-coming
activities. Gunnar -Hoglund,
president of the Bethel Alumni as-sociation
and member of the sem-inary
class of '44, will preside at
this closing service. Singing on
the program will be , both the
Bethel Male chorus and the Chapel
choir.
Taking general charge of Home-coming
activities has been Rodney
Erickson, college senior and chair-man
of the Social committee of the
Student council. Assisting him has
been Carol Turnwall, sophomore,
Shirley Anderson, sophomore, and
Roger Bergeson, senior.
Heading up the hard working
committee that has provided the
lawn decorations has been Johnny
Palmquist, seminary middleman.
Taking charge of the decorations
in the Field house has been Bar-bara
Port, college junior.
Carolyn Dahlquist, sophomore,
has been in charge of the sale of
Homecoming pins and Eleanor
Schwartz and Lois Johnson, both
sophomores, have made the Home-coming
pom-poms. Eddie Meyer
has arranged for the Homecoming
parade.
p.,,,adie &diet.
According to Rodney Erick-son,
general chairman of Home-coming
events, all organizations
entering floats in tomorrow's
Homecoming parade should
start assembling a parade line
by 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. All
floats should be parked facing
west on the north side of Ar-lington
Ave. Judging of floats •
by a faculty committee will take
place at 12:30 p.m. Under police
escort the parade leaves for
Highland field promptly at 1:00
p.m. The winning float will be
announced at half-time at the
game.
Bethel Music Depart.
Establishes New Major
Bethel College will complete the
estabishment of a new major study
when it graduates it first Music
Major—Mrs. Robert Frykenberg
(nee Addington). Studies for the
degree include the fourth year his-tory
of music, the fourth year
theory of music, and a senior reci-tal.
An expansion of class enrollment
is expected in the future according
to Prof. Mildred Bisgrove of the
Music Department, and she added
that the freshman music students
this year are very promising, being
well grounded in music.
Gubernatorial Candidate
Speaks Here Monday Noon
Orville L. Freeman, Democratic-Farmer Labor candidate for gover-nor,
will address the student body and faculty on Monday, October 13,
at 12:00 noon in the college chapel. The political actions committee,
recently organized by the student council, secured Mr. Freeman as
part of their program to stimulate interest in political affairs.
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Mary Radunz
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Salute to Bethel
"Bethel! What a host of memories that
word recalls to 2000 alumni around the
world!
Bethel is the school where we were train-ed
to bring the message of Christ to untold
multitudes, both home and abroad. To this
school we trace many of our major life
decisions.
That's why we alumni are glad to be
back for Homecoming! That's why, in a
spirit of sincere gratitude, we pledge to
Bethel our continued loyalty."
Gunnar Hoglund
President, Alumni Association
Welcome Alumni
by Nancy Schnorr
And then a hush will fall,
The foot-steps of us all,
Will echo clown the hall and disappear—
But Hark! I seem to hear these foot-steps.
Are they disappearing? No—NO-they
seem to be coming nearer. They are
coming nearer. But how can it be? These
footsteps have disappeared two-three-four-five-
ten years ago. And now you say they
are coming back—yes, they are. Just where
are they coming from? From Universities,
from teachers colleges, from hospitals, from
business offices, and from churches, from
north, south, east, and west. Yes, there are
the foot-steps of our alumni.
Some of them seem strange and unfamil-iar
to us and yet we seem to know them.
Why do they seem familiar? Because they
have once been a part of the Bethel family
which we love so well. To these who have
gone before to make Bethel what it is to-day,
we give a very hearty welcome.
We hope that you will find the same
paths, the same halls, the same student-teacher
relationship, the same friendliness,
the same good times, the same serious
times, and most of all, the same love and
devotion for God that was here when you
were here. Then, too, we hope that you will
be able to share with us the progress that
Bethel has been making through the years
—new buildings, new courses, new profes-sors,
new students. Yes, you are not only
welcome back to the old familiar things, but
to the new things as well' A very hearty
welcome to you alumni. May you share with
us the joy and excitement of this our Home-coming
week.
Meet the Council
The Bethel Student Council has met
every Tuesday evening since the beginning
of school doing a very efficient job of
planning and co-ordinating school activities.
Following is a list of council members
and the respective organizations they rep-resent.
Wes Forsline—President
Rodney Erickson—Vice Pres.
DeLores Olson—Secretary
Frank Doten—Treasurer
Herb Hage—Rep. for Religious Council
Shirley Christenson—Rep. for Religious
Council
Mr. Elving Anderson—Adviser
Phil Carlson—Pres. College Senior Class,
Gene Messenger—Pres. College Junior Class
Elenor Swartz—Rep. College Sophomore
Class
Mike Rucinski—Pres. College Freshmen
Class
Rudy Forsman—Pres. Seminary Senior
Class
Paul Thompson—Pres. Seminary Midleman
Class
Paul Dubuque—Rep. Seminary Junior Class
Joyce Martinson—Rep. for Girls' Dorm
Frank Shindo—Rep. for Mens' Dorm
Taking part -in St. Cloud Teachers College
homecoming activities last week end were
former Bethel students Ruth Chisholm,
Gloria Berhow, and Carol Cooke. Ruth and
Carol, now juniors, are studying for a
Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary
Education. Gloria is taking the Provisional
Elementary twoyear course.
The girls have set up housekeeping with
three other students in a home not far
from school, and are now in training for
the teaching and home-making professions.
During homecoming they witnessed Dwight
D. Eisenhower crown the homecoming
queen, Joyce Pearson, the colorful home-coming
parade, and the heart-breaking game
which St. Cloud lost to Moorehead State
Teachers College by one point.
Asked about the things which impressed
them most about St. Cloud, they all re-plied,
"The beautiful school library, and the
odd house we live in".
All agree that there are tremendous op-portunities
for Christian witness and are
very grateful for their training at Bethel
which laid a strong foundation for their
Christian lives.
There is litle antagonism on campus to-ward
"religion". The students are friendly
and "are seeking fun, happiness, and secur-ity."
The Inter-Varsity Christian Fellow-ship
group on campus is trying to reach the
students for Christ through dorm prayer
meetings, and I. V. parties and meetings.
Carol, Gloria, and Ruth enjoy life at T. C.
and realize that their experiences in meet-ing
such a cross-section of all types of stu-dents
will better prepare them for teach-ing.
Other former Bethel students that are at-tending
St. Cloud Teachers college this year
are Audrey Eckdahl, Joyce Houstin, Phoebe
Anderson, Helen Hazel, Ruth Quigle, Don
Peterson, and Gene Ristow.
We extend a cordial welcome to all for-mer
students who are back on the campus
these days. Some recall old Academy days,
others the Junior College, and, of course,
many the Seminary days.
An old friend in California, who is more
than eighty years of age, wrote me that
his time was taken up with rich memories
of the long past and then with preparation
for the "life to come," which he said was
the "real life."
Students back on the campus will recall
many incidents in connection with the class
room, athletic field, and social and religious
life--some of them surcharged with sweet
humor, others more serious. These were all
a kind of preparation for the life you are
now living in fields of service.
Bethel is much different now from what
it was ten or twenty years ago as to ex-ternal
appearances and also as to progress,
but the same spirit remains. We want you
to feel that spirit anew as you are on
the campus; and as you go back to your
field of labor, we know that you will con-tinue
to remember the school in prayer
that Bethel might continue to be Bethel—
and increasingly so.
And so we know that you will have a
"good time" and that you will raise the
thermometer of Christian fellowship still
higher because you are here these days.
Three Minutes Late
To average 70 M.P.H. over a distance of
200 miles probably isn't a world's record
but on Minnesota's narrow highways and
entering the Twin Cities, one must admit
it is good time. What a let down to hurry
like that and then be too late. They had
the baby without him. Cully arrived just
three minutes after the stork brought in
David Mark Olson. David was born Oct. 2,
at 12:27 A.M. He is seven pounds and four
and a half ounces and 21 inches long. The
doctors consider the whole family in pretty
good shape and the medical authorities in-form
us that our conference evangelist will
be back on the job shortly. Congratulations
Cully and Ruth!
My Tongue Stood Still
by Stretch Richardson
It was one of those situations that just
don't happen, but it did. Here I was, sitting
in sociology class minding my own business.
I forget what it was now, either drawing
cartoons or arrested in a state of somnolent
ecstasy—when something Dr. Moberg said
accilentally caught my attention.
He was talking about "attribues" and
"variables", and at that particular point in
his lecture he was trying to show the dif-ferences.
"It's like this . . ." he said—so
they told me later, "With attributes things
either are or they aren't. There's no part
way. For instance a family can have one
child, or it can have three or four or five.
But a family cannot have one and a half
children, nor can it have three and a half
or five and a half."
That's when I was aroused and without
hesitancy rendered my loving, oral correc-tion
of which I still consider myself living
proof. "My mother did!" That's all I said.
Then a couple silly girls start to giggle.
Before long everyone in the rear of the
room was laughing. Upon this Dr. Moberg
requested me to reiterate the timely com-ment.
I had just whispered before so as
not to disturb the class. Modestly I com-plied
with his request. This time the en-tire
class reacted with a chuckle—even
Dr. Moberg.
I took considerable delight in the whole
matter since seldom it is that I have oc-casion
to joke myself about my shrunken
stature. This delight was short lived. When
the laughing had subsided the professor
leaned across his desk and said, "Mr. Rich-ardson,
it was children we were talking
about, not wits."
("Boswell The Bookworm," will alternate with Smorgy in the CLARION. Boswell
represents the intellectual element of the underworld on campus. He has been
challenged to assert himself upon the boast of Smorgy—see CLARION Oct. 3.)
My Dear Mr. Editor:
The incredulous acute intellect will immediately ascertain the spurious nature
of the unfounded and unsubstantiated postulates of this inebriated and uncultured
roach whose descriptive applelation is "Smorgie."*
The allegations made by this slightly more than non-entity are vigorously denied
by the Boistrous But Benevolent Brotherhood of Bookworms.'
S. contends that his group is most numerous on campus, but has he considered
how our ranks are being swelled daily by the students in the library? (Even the
warm blooded ones.) Daily they hover in meditative cogitation over profound treaties
hoping to qualify as "Bookworms."
Of course, this is induced largely by the excessive assignments of the pro-fessors—
but it demonstrates vividly that they too favor our movement.
Nor is our organization an outside element. We are insiders! Speedy surveyal
of the insides of most of the library books will reveal that (in provincial vernacular)
"We're loaded!"
The guantlet is thrust down. We will "throw the rascals out." Quick Hedberg,
the FLIT!
Masticatingly yours,
Boswell
* Smorgie is probably an irresponsible diminution to the title Smorgasbord, See M.
Engstrom's Life of Smorgie, Vol. II, Appendix A, page 4.
Foreign Students Enjoy Bethel
by Carolyn Clark
On Bethel campus this year are six foreign students, four of whom have prev-iously
spent some time here.
The Seminary claims two of these students. Paul Lilienberg, of Sweden, is
spending his second year in the seminary learning how he can "encourage more
Bible study and individual devotion" in his native land.
After graduation from Bethel Seminary in Stockholm, he was ordained by the
Baptist Union of Sweden in 1946. During the school year 1949-50 he was a student on
our campus. Since that time, Mr. Lillienberg spent a year as pastor, in addition
to spending a year as an evangelist under the Baptist Union of Sweden.
His opinion of Bethel can be summed up in a statement made by him recently
in chapel: "Traveling 5000 miles to enroll here is a better testimony of what I think
of Bethel than anything I can say."
Annemarie Oesterle, from Germany, who previously attended Bethel for two
years from 1949 to 1951, is now a Junior in the seminary. She has a B.A. degree in,
romance languages (Italian and French) from Heidelberg university, Germany, as
well as a B.A. in history from Bethel.
Last year she worked in Germany with Kenneth Norquist, assisting in Baptist
work. After graduation from seminary, she plans to eventually do youth work back in
Germany.
Again with this year as a senior in the college is Joe Niemeyer of Holland. This
is his third year at Bethel, but he attended Central college in Pella, Iowa, last year.
Majoring in philosophy, he plans to attend Bethel seminary upon graduation in
June. His future plans are not definite as yet.
Joe says that he is happy to be "back home."
Virginia Lee began her studies at Bethel in March of this year. Born in China
and a graduate of Yenching university in Peking, with a major in education, she
has taught in Christian high schools as well as in a Bible school, all in China. Virginia
has also done evangelistic work.
Now a junior in the college, majoring in psychology, she plans to enter a sem-inary
in preparation for preaching and teaching again in China.
Two of the foreign students are on campus for the first time. Einar Gjestland
hails from South Africa where his parents are missionaries under the Evangelical
Alliance Mission. He came to the United States a year ago and attended Trinity
Seminary for one semester. A freshman, Einar plans to enter full-time Christian
service in he field of photography.
When asked about his impression of the States, he commented, "I like America,
but find it a bit cold."
Also new on campus is Joel Bermudez of Cuba. Last year he taught Spanish
at a Bible school in Edinburgh, Texas. A special student here at Bethel, he for-merly
attended a evangelical seminary in Cuba. Joel plans to continue his education
in order that he may later go to Spain as a missionary.
Ex-Bethelites Active at St. Cloud
The Rev. Lundquist is pastor of
the Elim Baptist Church in Chi-cago.
He has been our own "Deep-er
Life" speaker twice in the past
Rev. Carl
Lundquist
Chapel
Speaker
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At ease! The rumor that the
"cracker box" has been the scene
of wholesale executions of delin-quent
freshmen is entirely false.
The terrifying screams issuing from
behind the locked doors of the
old gym are due wholly to rattling
air-hammers, pounding out the
footings for our new student union.
This reassuring report came from
a courageous Bethelite, perched up-on
a ladder, and peering through a
transom into the mysterious abyss.
The same high official also reports
that construction thus far has re-sulted
in 20 holes, neatly dug and
beautifully spaced about the floor
that has seen so many epic bucket-ball
contests. The holes are 2 feet
square and about 1 foot deep.
Incidentally, the giant construc-tion
worker who has been dwarf-ing
students in the halls in none
other than Carl Burton, son of Dr-
Carl G. Burton, chairman of the
school board. For Coach Winter-ble's
benefit Carl is 24 years old,
weighs 245 pounds, is 6' 5" tall,
and performed as a tackle for John-son
high school.
Lack of steel is still tying up
construction, but Foreman Adolph
Nelson looks to the near future
optimistically.
Wally Anderson Named
Chapel Choir President
Chapel choir members recently
elected Wally Anderson, college
junior, as president. Milton Paul-son
was elected vice-president and
Barbara Mullen secretary. Nettie
Dvirnak is the new treasurer. Harris
Paulson will fill the job of business
manager and George Dvirnak is
the assistant. On the Robes com-mittee
are Rosella Pollman, Ruth
Warpula, Cal Peterson and Phil
Caldean. Al Richer and Gene
Glader are in charge of risers.
NICOLLET AVE. at 71 ST
Robert Sandin
Average Giving
To Determine
Missionary Goal
Bethel students themselves will
choose the goal for this year's
Missionary giving, in Chapel today.
Wally Anderson, vice-president of
the Religious council announced
this change. The average of what
each student will give individually
per week will decide the goal. The
Religious council will divide the
offerings among the fields of Home
and Foreign missions.
In the succeeding Friday chapel
services, the Council will present
one aspect of the mission field
each week. In this way, the stud-ents
will get acquainted with the
Missions to which they are giving.
Friday, October 10, 1952 THE CLARION
Page 3
Former Deeper Life Speaker Gives
Three Chapel Talks Next Week
Alumni Elects Bob Sandin to Presidency
Installation of Officers Set
For Meeting Tomorrow Night
The Rev. Carl H. Lundquist will be speaking at Bethel's chapel
services Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, October 14, 15, and 16.
The Rev. Lundquist will hold "Deeper Life" meetings at Bethany Bap-tist
Church in St. Paul starting Tuesday October 14 and concluding the
following Sunday, October 19.
five years. One of the outstanding
leaders in our Conference history,
The Rev. • Lundquist is known
across the country as a man who is
vitally interested in young people.
Dr. Wingblade secured The Rev.
Lundquist for these three days sev-eral
weeks ago when the Rev.
Walfred Johnson, pastor of Beth-any
Baptist Church, announced the
meetings.
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Thurs. evenings
We gladly open charge
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KAFFEE KALASI
A revised schedule set up by
the Coffee Shop Canteen obliges
to the increased demand Home-coming
weekend. The hours are
from 10:30-11:00 a.m., 12:00-
12:30 p.m., 2:0014:30 p.m., on
Friday and from 9:00-11:00 a.m.,
and 10:00-11:00 p.m. on Satur-day.
Pop and candy are being
sold in the Field-house tonight.
Mr. V. Elving Anderson, faculty adviser for Bethel's Alumni
association, announced that Mr. Robert Sandin is the Alumni's new
president. Ballots were sent out to Alumni members three weeks ago.
Mr. Sandin is a graduate of Bethel's first senior college graduation in
1949. To quote Mr. Sandin, "The first and the best." Upon graduation
from Bethel he continued his course of study at the University of
Minnesota, working on his masters degree. At present Mr. Sandin is
a senior in our seminary and living on campus.
For three years Mr. Sandin has
been on the alumni council and
served as treasurer. He is a mem-ber
of the Bethel Baptist Church
in Minneapolis and is one of the
four distinguished members of the
renowned Bethel Male Quartet of
1947, '48, and '49.
Officers to be Presented
Saturday Night
The Rev. Mr. Gunnar Hoglund,
the retiring alumni president, will
officiate at the homescoming festi-vities
on Saturday evening and in-troduce,
Mr. Robert Sandin and the
five recently elected council mem-bers.
Five council members were elect-ed
from the fifteen in nomina-ted.
They are: the Rev. Mr. John
Dischinger, the Rev. Mr. Lee Kings-ley,
the Rev. Mr. Warren Magnu-son,
Mrs. Robert Tanquist (Ruth
Fernlund), and the Rev. Mr. John
Valine. Council members are elect-ed
for a three year term with
five members elected each year
for staggered terms. The presi-dent-
elect, the council and the
council-members-elect will meet
with Mr. Elving Anderson, alumni-school
coordinator in the library
conference room, Saturday morn-ing
at 10:00 a.m.
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Evening Classes
Now Underway
There are 50 persons now en-rolled
in Bethel's evening school.
Begun last Tuesday, October 7,
these classes will be held from
7:00 to 9:15 p.m. until December
9.
Each course, costing only $6.00,
is designed to effectively train the
Christian layman but can also be
credited toward a college degree.
Courses offered are: Studies in
the Ephesian Letter, which is con-ducted
by Reuben E. Omark, pro-fessor
of Exegetical Theology.
Christianty and Modern Science an-swers
such questions as: "How do
we account for all the errors found
in the Bible in view of the find-ings
of modern science?" "How
accurately does the Bible corres-pond
with science?" Dr. Bernard
Ramm, professor of philosophy, is
answering these and similar ques-tions.
The responsibility each Christian
has in the life of his community
is being discussed in the course on
The Christian and Community
Problems, instructed by Dr. David
Moberg, professor of sociology. An
Audi-visual Aids Workshop is con-ducted
under the leadership of
Clifford E. Larson, professor of
religious education.
In addition to these classes a 35-
minute Chapel period is held be-tween
the two class periods. Dr.
W. Robert Smith, visiting professor
of philosophy, is giving a special
lecture series on The Christian
Life.
Professor Clifford Larson, direc-tor
of the evening school, will be
able to answer any other inquiries.
Ramm's Philosophy
Seminar Meets Fri.
Has any philosopher from Anax-imander
to Alexander, or any re-ligious
ideology from occultism to
economic nationalism ever confus-ed
you? Have you struggled
through at least 18 hours of philo-sophy?
All students answering the above
in the affirmative are invited to
bring their problems to Dr. Ber-nard
Ramm's Philosophy Seminar.
This discussion group meets in-formally
every Friday from 12:15
p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Room 204 of
the College building.
The theme of today's discussion
will be, "Has God Left a Witness?"
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Swan Engwall, assistant profes-sor
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of Hebrew Philosophy," at
the next meeting of the Philosophy
club, Tuesday night, October 21,
at 8:30 in room three of the sem-inary
basement. According to Rob-ert
Sandin, general chairman of
the event, all students who will be
attending the philosophical and
theological discussions this year are
asked to atend an organizational
meeting of the Club at 8:00 p.m.
in room three on the same night
of Engwall's discussion.
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some of the firms employing Bethel
students.
Thirty young men from Bethel
are driving school busses for two
transportation companies.
After classes students go to jobs
in offices, hospitals, stores, private
homes and on campus, gaining ex-perience
along with college train-ing.
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THE CLARION Friday, October 10, 1952
Oratorio Choir Needs More ,90driaciucia9. •• Student Leaders and Faculty
Tenors for Messiah Production
5.
Bethel Students
Said Healthy
The Bethel Health Service re-ports
that the recent physical ex-aminations
found students in gen-erally
good physical condition.
A staff of three doctors, nine
nurses and four student assistants
co-operated to examine 228 stud-ents.
Those subject to this check-up
were the football athletes and first-year
students of both college and
seminary.
This physical examination was
given in two stages: the first was a
laboratory test and the second a
medical examination by physicians.
Results of Ramsey County Mobile
T.B. examinations given September
9, to 484 students have recently
been reported.
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WELCOME STUDENTS
Spire Editors
Choose Staff
Plans for this year's Spire are
under the supervision of Lois Mit-chell,
editor-in-chief. Assisting Lois
are Merilyn Dahlquist, co-editor,
and Hannah Plaut, assistant editor.
The financial adviser is Mr. Ivar
Anderson and literary adviser is
Dr. Virginia Lowell Grabill.
Bob Franzen, who is business
manager, is selling ads to churches
and local business concerns to en-able
an increase in size of the
Spire for this year. Norris Magnu-son
is treasurer.
The faculty-administration sec-tion
is being edited by Nettie Dvir-nak,
while Barbara Port is edit-ing
the activities-organizaion sec-tion
and Jim Baxter is sports edi-tor.
Rece qeathelt .2)4izie
Bethel students will be asked
to contribute to the St. Paul
Community Chest Fund on Wed-nesday,
October 15.
Miss Edith Larson, secretary
to the President, said members
of the faculty and the admini-stration
have already given to
the drive, which extends from
October 3 to October 23.
This fund, also known as the
Red Feather Campaign because
of the little red feather each
contributor is asked to wear
during the drive, aids or sup-ports
39 local health, welfare
and recreational agencies. By
grouping all the agencies for
the underprivileged and the
needy of this city under one
head, the once-a-year appeal for
funds is made publicly for all
the groups and the money is
fairly distributed.
LIKE EDUCATION
So Goes Insurance
What you plan today
BRINGS BENEFITS
TOMORROW
Make it your policy
to know about.my policy
Leo M. Lindberg
HU. 9-5613 DR. 3607
1523 E. Lake St.
Dr. David Nelson, new assistant
professor of chemistry is a native
of Canada and comes to Bethel
from Iowa State College. He re-ceived
his Ph.D. in chemistry there
in 1951, having completed his un-dergraduate
work at the University
of Alberta.
Dr. Nelson's work at Iowa State
was in synthesizing compounds for
possible use in anti-histamine type
medicine.
Dr. and Mrs. Nelson have a six-week
old baby girl. They live at
1679 West Minnehaha Avenue.
With the addition of Dr. Nelson .
and the completion of the modern
well-equipped chemistry labora-tory,
Bethel can now offer almost
all the courses required for pre-medical
or pre-dental students. Or-ganic
chemistry and quantative
analysis classes are in progress.
Bodien Counseling
To Aid Frosh
In order to help freshman girls
adjust themselves with college life,
a new counseling system has been
established in Bodein residence un-der
the advisership of Miss Effie
Nelson, Dean of Women.
Counselors have been chosen to
aid the new students in their spir-itual,
scholastic and social problems
whenever the need arises. This will
not only help the girls individually
but it will encourage better rela-tionships
between upper classmen
and freshman girls.
Those who are serving as coun-selors
are Patricia Alms, Marilyn
Anderson, Shirley Anderson, Mar-ilyn
Bittner, Carolyn Clark, Caro-lyn
Dahlquist, Darlene Dorow,
Ethel Edwards, Florence Jacobson,
Virginia Larson, Joyce Marcellis,
Joyce Martinson, Barbara Mullin,
Annemarie Oesterle, Florence
Pruessner, Mary Radunz, Joy Sho-gren,
Nancy Swanson and Carol
Joy Turnwall.
The faculty advisers, seven of
whom have been chosen to date,
are: Dr. Virginia Grabill, associate
professor of Literature; Clifford
Larson, assistant professor of re-ligious
education; Russell Johnson,
assistant professor of biology;
David Guston, associate librarian;
Swan Engwall, assistant professor
of psychology and philosophy;
Quentin Bohne, assistant professor
of mathematics and physics; and
Roy Dalton, instructor in history.
These advisers go with the teams
whenever possible, each adviser
counselling his own team. Mr. Al-phin
Conrad, seminary instructor
in Biblical Theology and Evangel-ism,
is overall coordinator of the
teams.
Bethel gospel teams go to
churches of the Twin Cities and
the state. In addition, a gospel
team has charge of the chapel ser-vice
each week at the Goodwill In-dustries.
A gospel team may have
charge of the entire service or it
may supplement the regular ser-vice
of the church with special
music and visitation.
Majority of Students
Have Part-time Jobs
Probably over half of Bethel
students are earning part of their
college expenses, Dean C. E. Carl-son
estimates. Most of them work
just a. few hours.
Nik Dag Opinion
Is Pro and Con
by Eloise Anderson
Nik Dag is only three weeks
away, and the big problem of the
girls these days is whom to ask
and how. For the first time, the
girls are only allowed five days
to ask the fellows. There are plenty
of men to go around, 220 single
men compared to 147 single wo-men.
There are difference of opinion
as to whether the five-day asking
time is long enough. Martha With-crow
likes the idea because then
she has "cold feet" for only a few
days. Roy Walters thinks it's fine
because then he doesn't have to
keep refusing girls for so many
weeks. Meme Olander says that
she needs more than five days to
make a corsage that would, suit
the fellow's particular needs.
One fellow says it's nice to have
to wonder for only five days if
he'll be asked, while Jay Fernlund
likes to get used to the idea for
a few weeks in advance. Some of
the fellows don't even have an
opinion on the matter. Time does-n't
matter to John Swanson, just
so he can be on the receiving end
for a change. One girl is all for
the five-day rule because she can
never get up the nerve to ask un-til
the last minute anyway.
And then there are some lucky
girls like Ruth Sheets who don't
even have to ask.
Nurses Organize
NCF Unit Here
by Jeanne Swanson
Yes, it was a surprise to us too
upon our first informal gathering
to learn that Bethel has approxi-mately
twenty nurses on campus
this year.
Feeling a need for fellowship
with those of like interests, and
desiring to be of help to prospec-tive
student nurses as well as to
those already enrolled in schools
affiliated with hospitals of this
area, a new chapter of NCF has
been born into the Bethel family.
The Nurses Christian Fellowship
(NCF) is an international organiza-tion
originating as a branch of the
IVCF in 1948. Its purpose is pri-marily
to encourage the spiritual
lives of Christian nurses, and to
establish a positive witness for
Christ in every school of nursing.
Our meetings are being held on
Thursdays, during the lunch hour,
in room 224 of the girls' dormitory,
for purposes of organization, dis-cussion,
and prayer. At our meet-ing
of October 2, election of offi-cers
was held. Jeanne Swanson was
chosen as chairman, and Georgann
Mavis as secretary.
It is our desire to serve the
Lord by means of Gospel teams
visiting the various NCF groups
and churches in the twin-city area.
It is also the purpose of the group
to stimulate an interest on campus
NCF and the nursing profession.
Above all, our objective is "That
in all things He might have the pre-eminence."
Advisers Set for Gospel Teams
Twelve gospel teams this year represent Bethel in Christian service
according to Mr. Robert Featherstone, Christian service director. Each
gospel team has a student leader and a faculty adviser. The student
leaders, who were chosen on the basis of Christian leadership and
character, are: Gene Messenger, Ray Brace, Wally Olson, Mike Rucinski,
Cal Edlund, Jay Fernlund, Bob Brucato, Bill Swanson, Ed Meyer, Ber-nard
DeBar, Don Richardson, and Gesta Lexon.
Wanted: Half a dozen tenors of assorted sizes, temperaments, and
talents to help fill the back row in the Oratorio choir. Miss Mildred
Bisgrove, assisant professor of Music, reports there was a shortage of
tenors at the first rehearsal when about 45 persons came out. All parts
are still open for additional voices.
Work on the "Messiah" has al-ready
been started, and the audi-tion
for the solo_ parts will be held
about November 1 when Miss Bis-grove
and Mr. Roger Bailey, teach-er
of voice, will select the winners.
All students are eligible to try
out.
The first singing of the "Messiah"
supported by assistant professor,
C. Howard Smith, the Oratorio
choir's regular accompanist, is ex-pected
to be in the chapel at Bethel
College, Friday evening, December
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To All Bethel Alumni We Extend A
Warm Welcome To:
• The Twin Cities • 1952 Homecoming
•• The Elim Church
9:45 CHURCH BIBLE SCHOOL
11:00 MORNING SERVICE OF WORSHIP
5:30 YOUTH GROUPS
7:00 EVENING EVANGEL
Rev. John G. Johnson, Guest Speaker
AN OLD FASHIONED WELCOME FROM
Central Baptist Church - St. Paul
to Bethel students and alumni attending Homecoming activities.
A full time program is carried on at the church and we
cordially welcome students, faculty, and alumni to the service
Sunday 9:45 Sunday School 6:45 CYF
11:00 Morning Worship 7:45 Evening Service
Wednesday 7:45—Prayer Service
Pastor, L. E. Petersen Ass't. Pastor, Lloyd Welch
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The Campaign Strategy
by Robert Sandin
For an outsider to attempt to state the thinking of the strategists in the current
poliical campaign is perhaps presumpuous, particularly when even well-informed
observers confess that they are only second-guessing, but perhaps a few amatuerish
observations may be in order.
There is no question but that the results of the Wisconsin primary, along with
other factors, have radically altered the character of the campaign. The show of
strength of the McCarthy forces is too striking to be ignored. If McCarthy had
been defeated, or if he had won by only a slight margin, the question of Eisen-howers
endorsement of him might have been regarded as academic. But the re-sult
of the Wisconsin primary has been to make "McCarthyism" a very live issue.
From this point of view the Republican strategy appears to have shifted. In
the early stages of the campaign it was apparent that the Eisenhower people re-garded
the so-called independent note as essential to success. It was evident that
Eisenhower's moderation at that time was designed to appeal to this class of
voters.
But it has become increasingly clear that such an appeal could be made only
at the expense of unity in the party; it did not satisfy extremists of the McCarthy-
Taft-Jenner variety.
Accordigly the effort to attract th eindependents has, to all appearances, been
abandoned. Evidently the plan now is to solidify the G.O.P. opposition to the
Democratic administration, and to attempt to win on the strenght of the party
itself, together with as many malcontents as might be won over over by the stress
on "the mess in Washington." There does not seem to be any other explanation of
Eisenhower's blanket endorsement of men for whom he certainly can feel no
ideological sympathies.
Senator Taft's conviction that the way to win an election is to get every last
party member out to support the ticket on election day, has apparently displaced
the feeling that non-Republican support is essential to success.
The Democratic nominee appears, similarly, to be entering upon a second
stage in his campaign. It was apparently the Democratic plan for Stevenson to
spell out, on a relatively intellectual level, in a reasonably unimpassioned style,
and in the candidate's own ineffable manner, the particular program for which
he stands. This approach drew the approval of many classe of people, particularly
that of organized labor—even the A. F. of L. It probably was attraction to many
independents as well.
Stevenson apparently feels that this has been done to the satisfaction of all.
He will spend the rest of the campaign attempting to cement his gains and to
convert them into votes. Apparently this is to be done, according to the Demo-cratic
scheme, by allowing the campaign to take on an "up-an'-at-em" aspect. Stev-enson
is now beginning to raise his own hand of hoopla. He pokes fun at the
Republicans, taunts them for inconsistencies, real or imagined, cracks wise about
the "captain candidate" and—though on quite a different lead—is engaging in the
kind of political joking 'that Mr Truman has made famous.
This stage of the campaign seems to be less reflection of Stevenson's person-ality
than the first, but he is equipped with a sense of humor that is very well
adapted to this kind of politicking, and there appear to be many hours of rare
entertainment for American audiences during the next month. And the turn of
the Republican campaign, which has led to at least an "antagonistic coopera-tion"
between Eisenhower and the Old guard, is certainly providing him with
ample ammunition.
Co-Captain Bob Carlson "crowns" homecoming hostess Barb Port
with his football helmet while host John Soneson watches.
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Doughnuts and draperies, valves and
vending machines, paint and pianos. All
these and many other items are the res-ponsibility
of the new Business Manager,
Harold Lidbom.
Besides directing the large remodeling
program now in progress, Business Manager
Lidbom has charge of nearly all college
equipment. When you switch on a light,
turn on a faucet, sit in a chair, even
snuggle down for a few extra winks of
sleep Mr. Lidbom's office is involved.
A new Student Center and a new chem-istry
laboratory are nearing completion.
Dean C. E. Carison's offices, post office,
Christian activities office and the business
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Dear Editor:
Thursday evening, Sept. 25, our dining
hall resembled a Greyhound bus—In soma
ways, that is. Last year's Chapel Choir had
a reunion. Since a Greyhound bus was
what they called "home" for the three
weeks they were on tour, they found it al-together
fitting and proper to change the
conventional dignity of our dining hall into
a more reminiscent atmosphere. The chairs
were arranged in order of the seats on the
bus. All that was necessary was a little
imaginaion, a few worn-out "cracks" fired
back and forth, and back they were speed-ing
along the highway. Movies and slides
of the trip were shown, after which came
cheeseburgers and hot chocolate. The com-mittee
responsible were Harris Paulson,
Barbara Mullin, Lois Mitchell and Rodney
Erickson.
A Reader
As of late our President has been very
busy traveling throughout the Middle West.
Several weeks ago he was in Chicago and
was the main speaker at the 50th Anni-versary
of Fridhem (Home of Rest). Fridhem
was founded by Dr. G. Arvid Hagstrom in
1902, and Dr. Wingblade took greetings
from the founder. On Sunday morning
President Wingblade spoke at Grace Bap-tist
Church, and in the evening he spoke
at the Addison Street Church where he
was once pastor.
Last Monday Dr. Wingblade returned
from a great Missionary Convention of
eight days up in the Red River Valley. Dr.
Wingblade represented Bethel along with a
team consisting of the leaders of the Gen-eral
Conference.
Soon he will leave us again to make an
extended trip of the West Coast.
Bethel students who live on the campus,
and who are registered for voting may do
so November 4 at the field house.
to ale edit04
Dear Editor:
This is the first appearance of "Letters
to the Editor" this year. All campus per-sonnel
are invited to write us letters. Letters
should be brief and clear-cut and well sub-stantiated.
Share with us and your fellow
students your opinions through this column.
All letters must bear signatures but the
names of writers will not be printed neces-sarily.
All letters are subject to editorial
policies. Place letters in PO Box F 10.
Soft music, mellow candle-light, loud-plaid
shirts, Sunday-best suits, Ma Olson's bread
—all these create a pleasant atmosphere
on Wednesday night in the Bethel dining
hall. Dress-up night is traditional at Bethel
and Bethelites look forward to this formal-ity.
But there seems to be one element out
of place.
Like a cow-boy ballad among classical
music, like a crash of thunder on a peace-ful
star-lit evening, like a rainstorm during
a picnic, so loud-plaid shirts intrude upon
the atmosphere of Wednesday night dress-up.
Every vivid blotch of color should be
plucked out and replaced by a white shirt,
a necktie and a suit jacket. Then all the
elements of Wednesday night would be in
harmony with one another.
A Reader
Dear Reader:
We feel that your observation is vali-dated
by a number on the campus who are
of the same opinion. We invite comment
by other students.
Ed
Dear Editor:
I'm mad, raving mad. Normally I ain't
one to gripe, but now I got something to
really kick up a stink over.
It's this fourday check business on Nik
Dag Dates. Who are they to be telling us
when we can and when we can't ask our
flames for a date? This is the only time in
the entire year we girls can snag the man
we want. When the fellows do the asking
they can ask any old time they're a mind
to. So the one with the most gumption gets
the girl he want mainly because he beat
the other guys to it.
Now here's the way it is with me. I want
to ask Stretch out for the night, but so
do seventeen other girls. Well, the rules
R..say I can't ask until October 27, 12:15 p.m.
which means the earliest chance will be
sometime that next morning. That's where
it rubs. I have to go to work at the cleaners
at 11:00 that morning and Stretch never
gets up till after that. So one of the other
girls is bound to beat me to it, and it's all
because of that silly rule.
Frantically yours,
A Concerned Young Lady
Our Dear Young Lady:
We only hope that this year's Nik Dag
will be the best ever and we wish the
planning committee much success.
Ed
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See you at
the game
tomorrow
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Along with the expanding inter-collegiate athletic program at Bethel
has come a noticeable drop of interest in intramural athletics.
Finding a time when teams can field enough players for a game
and a seemingly decline in enthusiasm has put a near halt to the pro-gram.
The well known, highly fanned flame of previous years has
dwindled to a mere spark and forfeits are not at all uncommon when
game time arrives. Thus far in the schedule half of the games have
had to be forfeited because of lack of players.
Possibly an entire revamping of the program is necessary to solve
the ever increasing problem. Maybe other sports should be substituted
for football. Ping Pong and volleyball might draw more interest.
Two rounds of play have been
completed in the intramural sched-ule
thus far. Minnesota and Iowa
are currently riding the top with
two victories and no losses.
Three games have been forfeited
because of lack of players and
Norris Magnuson, commissioner, is
issuing a call for more fellows to
take an interest and is open for
suggestions on how the program
can better accomplish its purposes.
Here are the results of the first
two pairings:
West-14 Michigan Wisconsin-13
Iowa-2 East-0
Minnesota-2 Illinois-0
Minnesota-19 West-18
Michigan-Wisconsin----2 East-0
Iowa-18 Illinois-12
Bethel Intramural Athletic Program
Shows Noticeable Drop In Interest
Royals Vie With Lumberjacks
In Homecoming Football Tilt
While the men's intramural pro-gram
is on a seemingly down-hill
grade the girls on campus have
suddenly appeared on the scene
and are interested in starting an
intramural sports program.
Volleyball and basketball are
two of the sports mentioned by the
girls where there is interest
enough to establish an intra-cam-pus
contest.
Girls who are desirous to partici-pate
in such a league are asked to
contact Lois Johnson or Carolyn
Dahlquist.
Baxter, Carlson
Pilot Gridders
Jim Baxter and Bob Carlson were
selected by their teammates to pilot
the 1952 Bethel football team at a
meeting held just before the Roch-ester
game.
Each of the captains are 60- min-ute
men playing on the offensive
and defensive platoons.
Jim plays fullback on offensive
and is an outstanding line-backer
on the defensive team. Jim is play-ing
his second year on the Royal's
squad. He made the varsity as a
freshman just out of high school
from Minnehaha Acadamey in Min-neapolis.
Jim Baxter Bob Carlson
Bob, whose home town is Manis-tique,
Michigan, was an outstand-ing
high school athlete in that area.
Bob is playing his third year of
football at Bethel. As a freshman,
he played on Coach Lynn Lun-deen's
outstanding gridiron unit as
a tackle.
Last year Bob was switched to a
fullback position, but Coach Win-terbie
has put him back in the
line this year. He also received the
outstanding player award last sea-son
and has won two letters on the
varsity basketball squad.
Both Jim and Bob were unani-mous
choices and are capable of
leading the team because of their
experience and knowledge of the
game.
Pictured above is one of
land Lumberjacks tomorrow
ium. Game time is 2 p.m.
Bethel DropsWorthington
For Second Grid Victory
by Cliff Smith
Bethel outlasted Worthington J. C. 27-20 to notch their second win
of the season last Saturday.
A large partisan Worthington crowd watched their favorites bow
for the first time in two years to a brilliant Bethel eleven in a spec-tacular
contest.
Two identical pass plays, Red Kendall to Chuck Smith, gave Bethel
a 14-0 first half lead. But Worthington, led by fullback Dick Erickson,
fought back in a thrilling second half to go in front 20-14, only then to
see Bethel's Jay Williamson race to two touchdowns to pace Bethel
to the final seven point margin.
Following the scoreless first quar-ter,
Bethel opened the second per-iod
with a touchdown march from
their own 41. Kendall fired a quick
pass to speedster Chuck Smith who
galloped 30 yards to complete the
45 yard pass play for the first
score. Don Stipe successfully tried
the extra point.
Before the half ended, a second
Kendall pass had found the mark
to Smith who this time dashed 25
yards. Stipe added the point again
to make the half score 14-0.
A fired-up Worhington team
charged back in the third quarter
to marci • 52 yards for a quick
touchdown thrust, scoring on full-back
Dick Erickson's smash. Erick-son
also added the extra point.
Just several plays later, the Blue
Jays scored again on a short pass,
Koepsall to Basche, but failed on
the extra point try much to the
relief of the stunned St. Paul team.
The Blue Jay assault continued
right on into the final period.
After recovering a Bethel fumble
on the Bethel 34, the Jays quickly
scored again on Erickson's short
plunge. Erickson completed the
point after to move his team in
front for the first time 20-14.
However, Bethel bounced back to
score twice in the final five min-utes
to ice the contest. Jay William,
son crossed the goal line on short
dashes for both scores.
It was a meaningful victory for
Bethel who had been shut out by
the Worthington eleven for the
past three years. The Bethel grid-ders,
accomplished a feat no other
team had achieved for the past
two years in defeating the Blue
Jays.
The outstanding tilt was waged
in freezing weather on the Worth-ington
High School field under the
lights.
by Gene Messenger
Boasting one of the fastest backfields in Northland college history
and a well fortified line the lumberjacks from Ashland, Wisconsin,
move onto Highland Stadium tomorrow afternoon in an attempt to
dampen Bethel's Homecoming spirit.
Poised and confident with last weekend's 27-20 victory over highly-rated
Worthington the Blue and Gold from Bethel are carrying a spirit
of victory and thunder which will be tough to put the damper on.
Thus it appears Northland will find it can't win without expecting a
little rain to fall on their side of the line.
With a great deal of depth in re-serves
to bolster their line and a
slight weight advantage over the
Royals, the Woodsmen are sure to
give Bethel's well rounded back-field
a good workout.
Coach Ross Anderson's squad, es-pecially
strong at the tackle posi-tions,
may turn the tables on the
well known strategy, "If you can
gain off tackle you are bound to
vvin."
A small, but fast and rugged
backfield with several veterans and
some promising freshman talent
provide the Northmen with a well-balanced
ground unit.
However, with the improvement
that has accompanied the Bethel
squadron from week to week, coup-led
with the traditional homecom-ing
spirit, the local eleven will be
tough to seat.
A noticeable improvement in
Bethel's passing attack may mean
Basketball Practice the difference when the final gun
goes off.
Begins October 20 Barring any let down in the game
which was evidenced in the third
Athletic Director Del Ray Peter- quarter of the Worthington game,
son has announced the official it is certain that the Northland
opening of the basketball practice team will have to try for every
for October 20. inch.. In their only game thus far
Football players who intend to in the season Northland dropped a
play basketball will not begin 27-13 decision to Houghton college
basketball practice until after the while the home team will carry a
pigskin schedule has been complet- two win and one loss record into
ed. the game.
All fellows interested in playing
either varsity or junior varsity ball Last year Bethel fell before the
are urged to attend the practice. It slicing power of the woodcutters
is hoped that schedules can be ar- at the latter's homecoming 13-6.
ranged so practices can be held at
Especially pleased with the much
3 p.m. running about 2 hours in improved passing attack and the
length. outstanding performance of several
A schedule of over 20 games is individual players the new Bethel
drawn up including a week trip mentor, Mr. Winterble, is depend-during
Christmas vacation into ing upon speed and aggressiveness
South Dakota. to subdue the Lumberjacks.
What Will It Be?
Royal Riteup
Royals? Falcons? Beavers? What will it be? This was the lead in
one of our last week's articles. On that same page was a headline which
read: "Royals Meet Unbeaten Foe." Why the contradiction?
Although it is not the official name the sports department of the
Clarion has decided to use the name, Royals, until a definite selection
has been made.
Because Royal is the choice of the staff and it also has the en-dorsement
of the athletic director and the B Club, the sports writers
are hoping that the name will be chosen. There seems to be unanimous
consensus of opinion regarding its adapability to our colors and our
school name.
Also, it is not an overly used name. Very few schools in this area
are carrying the title and it should be a name that can be kept if a
conference berth is gained.
A definite decision should be reached as soon as possible so the
athletic equipment for basketball can be ordered, cheers can be selected
and so we have an authorized title with which to build our news and
feature articles around.
Erickson Receives needed immediate medical atten-
Injury In Practice
tion.
Also on the injured list is Virgil
Don Erickson, Bethel halfback, Hegle who suffered a broken collar
who received an injury during a bone during the Rochester game.
football practice last week has been Wes Peterson and Phil Carlson
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fall. Don played the first two coming tilt.
games against Wahpeton and Roch-ester.
Bethel played its first Home-Several
blood vessels in his right coming football game in 1947, los-leg
were impaired and the leg ing to Austin 7-0.
THE CLARIO N
SPORTS
October 10, 1952 Page 6
Letter Jacket For
Athletes Selected
By B Club Members
Reaching a final decision on
jackets for B Club members was
the major item taken up at the
meeting held last Monday after-noon.
Jackets selected were navy
blue in color with natural colored
leather sleeves. All fellows in the
college and seminary who have
earned a major letter in any of the
sports are permitted to purchase
a jacket which will be the official
athletic garment.
Contrary to an erroneous opin-ion
that the garb is an award, Ath-letic
Director Del Ray Peterson
emphasises the fact that it is not
an award but is to be purchased by
the letter winners.
An emblem to be placed on the
attire was also discussed and tenta-tive
plans for a crown with the
school nickname, Royals, inscribed
across it were drawn up.
Alumni Versus Varsity
In Homecoming Classic
Pending on the erecting of the
basketball backboards the alumni
of Bethel college and seminary will
play the varsity basketball squad
tonight at 9 p.m. in the new gym-nasium.
The traditional classic proves to
be interesting and thrilling as pre-vious
contests have always been an
outstanding Homecoming feature.
Rarely in the past has an alumni
team been able to defeat the young-er
and trimmer varsity athlets, but
it is hoped that they put up a
good fight.
Bethel's offensive units which will be running and passing against the North-afternoon
when the annual Homecoming tilt gets under way at Highland Stad-
-Photo by Frank Shindo